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“Order of the Banzhang Zhengshan TF sampler from PJ just arrived yesterday and I’m super excited to try all these teas out. Supposedly, this is a newer, boutique factory that started in 2006. This...” Read full tasting note
The ’08 Vanilla Palace, BZZS is an organic production originally picked up in Kunming in ’17. The Chinese name is “Palace Holy Tea”. Palace, gongting, is a designation almost exclusively assigned to ripe productions of the highest grade, i.e., smallest leaf.
This treasure ages into a strong root beer class production, but in its less-aged incarnation manifests as a ferociously bitter and astringent customer, reflective it its tiny leaf BZ composition. 400g. Latest batched dry-stored and in LA since Feb ’23.
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Order of the Banzhang Zhengshan TF sampler from PJ just arrived yesterday and I’m super excited to try all these teas out. Supposedly, this is a newer, boutique factory that started in 2006.
This tea is pretty bitter for a 15 yo tea. Bitterness is medium with medium-low astringency. Bitterness does ameliorate starting at infusion 6, but the flavor that’s left isn’t phenomenal. Leaves smell of vanilla. Mouthfeel is nothing special.
Not a bad tea, but not very impressed with it either. Not super complex to my palate and tastes more like a 5 yo sheng than a 15 yo one. Perhaps that would make it good for aging, but if I’m not loving the undernotes, I don’t plan on caking it. On to the next sample…
Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Vanilla, Vegetal
