“The flavor was mostly tobacco, in a fairly nice way, sweet and almost fruity. A few of the middle steeps got unpleasantly cigarette-ish, but then it recovered and got sweeter and richer...” Read full tasting note
“I got a sample of this from a TU order a while back. It is a bit of a mean one. The dry leaves have an innocent enough sweet/floral aroma, but after a rinse, the scent is more savory with a touch...” Read full tasting note
“The Trails of LBZ, Case 4 of 6 (Liquid Proust search for his favorite laser beam zensheng) I was told this one is a blend and not pure LBZ, but that’s fine :) First brew was ‘eh’, but I was...” Read full tasting note
“7 grams of this gave it up early with a heavy Bulang brew. Leaf quality is excellent for a factory cake, many buds. Supposedly this tea cake contains 10% Laobanzhang. In my observation, I would say...” Read full tasting note
Chen Sheng made Lao Ban Zhang famous by monopolizing the supply and building a large factory in the village. 陈升一号 is the signature blend from the Chen Sheng factory and contains enough Bulang and Banzhang material to deliver a mouthful of strong flavors and a powerful chaqi. Our cakes are from the first production run of 2010, and already show promising signs of aging.
The tigers printed around the edges of the cake indicate it was made in 2010, the year of the tiger. We only stock the 2010, as Chen Sheng stopped putting Banzhang material in their Yi Hao cakes from 2011 onwards.
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