“Another nice one from Mandala. Dark liquor, like reddish-espresso color, with a leather, earthy aroma. The first couple of steeps there was earthiness, leather, hay, hints of dark cocoa. After a...” Read full tasting note
“What a day. Wife is gone for 2 days at a business conference. Both kids had the day off from school. My 4 year old son had to get an abscess on his stomach lanced at 8am. Yup. The good news is that...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you for the sample Garret. I probably would not have picked this out for myself. So thank you for expanding my horizons! The world of unflavoured pu’erh is still pretty new to me but I am...” Read full tasting note
“Drank this at work in the morning :) Potent. Lasting. Taste of fermentation. I would say that this has less chocolates than BuLang that I’ve had from ’10 / ’08, but the fermentation is quite strong...” Read full tasting note
Rama Lama Bulang is the ripe pu’er or “shou” style offering in our 2015 series of hit singles. Relatively small and tender leaves of te ji and grade 1 picking were chosen from Bada and Bulang. Picked and fermented in 2014. Much of this materials was pressed into our 200 gram Rama Lama Bulang cakes (the tradidional form pu’er tea takes for transport and aging).
The results are spectacular steeped in quick gong fu style or big western style infusions. Predictable dark mineral earthiness is present along with a fascinating array of other flavors. We get some woodshop impressions, dark cocoa, fruit, molasses, and spices. A very warming tea that gives wonderful energy and clean taste without any off-putting post fermentation flavors.
This little number is quite different from the other Mandala Tea ripe tea releases and belongs in any shuo lover’s collection.
Origin: Bada and Bulang
Harvest: Spring 2014
Purity: 3rd party certified lab tested, free of pesticide
Experience: mineral, wood, dark cocoa, mint, leather, molasses
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