“Bought a sample of this. This tea is a gut buster. It is bitter and kicks like a mule. It hurts so good.” Read full tasting note
“Flavor: Wet leaf smell is super skunky. I honestly can’t remember much of the flavor because the Qi was so awesome. It is similar to 2012 mu shu cha but that has more flavor nuance whereas this has...” Read full tasting note
“Decided to start this session at about 1am last night – randomly grabbed the sample without really knowing what I was getting myself into. This is a pretty hardcore tea. I used my whole 8.7g...” Read full tasting note
“Drinking this at work and the one major thing I notice is how beautiful the leaf is. Many two leaf and a bud with stem attached. Unfortunately the nicely picked leaf doesn’t have a deep taste or...” Read full tasting note
First flush of spring 2012 material from 60 to 100 year old wild arbor tea trees growing in Xin Ban Zhang village. Xin Ban Zhang is the neighbor village to Lao Ban Zhang and the tea from here shares much character with Lao Ban Zhang tea. The bitterness is a bit more persistent with Xin Ban Zhang. The leaf structure, mouth-feel and aroma is much the same. An intense cha qi accompanies the drinking experience. This intensity is the perfect fuel to transform this tea through the years.
400 grams per cake
Stone-Pressed in the traditional manner
45 kilograms in total produced!
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