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Name: 1998 Yunnan "Lao BanZhang" Ancient Tree Cooked Pu erh Tea Beeng
Origin : Yunnan, China
Grade : Top It is very suitable for private collections.
State : Ripe, Cooked
Year: 1998 produced
Net Weight: 500 grams (18 ounces)
Ingredients: 100% Organic Puer tea leaves
Manufacturer: Yunnan Caicheng Tea Factory
Taste : This Pu erh Tea liquid is a bright orange colour with a pure fragrance and a strong and mellow flavour. An after-taste later developed.
Storage : Keep this Pu erh Tea in an airtight container and store in a cool, dry place avoiding direct sunlight. (The longer it stores the mellower and more valuable it becomes).
Brewing Guide: Take 2-3g from Puerh Cakes and put into Tea Pot. Brew with boiling water about one minute and drain the water (washing the tea). Then, fill with boiling water (over 90 Celsius) again to brew the tea. Pour into Tea Cups after one minute.
Xishuangbanna Lao Banzhang Tea Mountain
Banzhang Tea Mountain is located in Banzhang Village of Bulangzu Township, Bulang Mountain, Menghai County. It is located 63km from the Menghai county seat. Bulang Mountain’s Bulangzu Township covers an area of 1,016 square kilometers with a population of only 18,000 people. Mountains cover 93% of its land area. The elevation of this area is between 600 and 2100 meters. Two thousand years ago Pu people were already living here (the Pu were earliest indigenous people in Yunnan). The ancient Pu people were the earliest ancestors of Yunnan tea and the first to cultivate, produce, and drink tea. Banzhang is just a simple village, but the tea it produces possesses overpowering chaqi and intense huigan. As a result, it has become famous throughout the world. To tea lovers, Banzhang village has become one of the holy places of Puerh tea.
It looks like "earth" and has a very soothing and unique liquorish taste. Like wine the older the better. Like wine an old pu'erh is for special occasions.
The peoples of the Yunnan-Tibet border have drunk Pu-erh since the Tang dynasty, according to a Song dynasty scientific reference. The troops of Kublai Khan, "pacifying" the southwest after the thirteenth century Mongol conquest, are said to have introduced Pu-erh to the rest of China for its medicinal value.
Tea from these high mountains has traditionally been carried in shoulder baskets through primeval forests for processing and sale in the tea market at the county town of Pu'er. Located in central south Yunnan, Pu'er County itself does not grow tea, but the name it has given to this variety has become internationally known.
Pu-erh is viewed as a mild tea, suitable for young and old, weak and strong. Yunnan Tuo Cha, a form of Pu-erh, received the Ninth International Food Award at a conference in Barcelona, Spain, in 1986.
Pu-erh is very special because of a unique combination of factors. It is an unusual large-leafed variety, it enjoys special growing conditions with the combination of climate and soil in the Yunnan mountains, and it is semi-fermented.
The flavour has been described as both earthy and mellow. For some, the distinctive flavour can be somewhat of an acquired taste. For others, however, this flavor will add to the wonderful experience of drinking Pu-erh, and the flavour will seem fitting in a tea prized for its medicinal properties. Some people recommend first getting used to Nuoshan Pu'er, which has less of this distinctive taste. Or Pu-erh may be mixed with a little Yinzhen to cut the "earthy" flavor and create a more subtle taste. Pu-erh is known for maintaining flavor through multiple infusions.
Pu-erh tea is sold loose, or in pressed form named for the shape in which a block is molded. These include: Tuocha, Bingcha, Tuancha, Fangcha.