From LP’s Aged Oolong group buy. Used all 5.5 (give or take) grams in my new Taiwan Tea Crafts stubby pear pot. I must agree with what others have said about this tea, particularly one reviewer’s observation that this is reminiscent of the DHP brick from White2Tea (I think it was the Sept. club). It’s interesting to compare this to an inexpensive aged 2008 DHP brick I got from a vendor on Aliexpress; this tea is much more subtle, gentle, refined even. Lovely mineral/wet rock sweetness, well roasted and I would guess the aging has smoothed over the sharp edges. The Aliexpress tea is decent, but much more harsh and can get bitter when pushed. One of these days I’m going to try Bana Tea’s DHP brick and see how it compares to these. Overall, a very enjoyable DHP.

Rich

I have the Banna brick (and reviewed it on Steepster). It is very different. Not nearly as roasted, it is much more like a regular dhp.

curlygc

Interesting, now I really wanna try it!!

Rich

All sold out at Chawangshop….a pity…glad I got one while they lasted. Perhaps there will be more to come!

Rich

curlygc, if you want to try a sample of the Bana brick, I’m happy to send you a sample.

curlygc

Rich, that would be fantastic! And if there’s anything in my cupboard you’d like to try, let me know :-)

Rich

OK, why don’t you pm me and we can trade a few items. Feel free to look through my cupboard as well. It might take me a couple weeks to get something in the mail.

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Rich

I have the Banna brick (and reviewed it on Steepster). It is very different. Not nearly as roasted, it is much more like a regular dhp.

curlygc

Interesting, now I really wanna try it!!

Rich

All sold out at Chawangshop….a pity…glad I got one while they lasted. Perhaps there will be more to come!

Rich

curlygc, if you want to try a sample of the Bana brick, I’m happy to send you a sample.

curlygc

Rich, that would be fantastic! And if there’s anything in my cupboard you’d like to try, let me know :-)

Rich

OK, why don’t you pm me and we can trade a few items. Feel free to look through my cupboard as well. It might take me a couple weeks to get something in the mail.

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For many years I drank cheap asian market-bought oolongs because I really didn’t know what was out there. For the last year or so I’ve been educating myself and making a foray into better quality teas. During the course of my journey I have fallen hard down the puerh rabbit hole – it started with young sheng, but now there’s another even deeper hole in the aged category, and I may be careening down this particular rabbit hole forever. I do still find time for aged oolong, a good wuyi yancha, and the occasional aged white.

I stopped rating teas awhile ago. I guess the numbers stopping meaning anything after awhile. For a long time I was pretty good about keeping my cupboard up to date and reviewing teas, mostly to help me keep track and remember what I like. I’ve gotten lazy about that for the last several months.

The tea addiction has also spawned a new addiction to throwing pottery, and I have become mildly obsessed with making tea cups, shibos, and teapots.

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