The Trails of LBZ, Case 3 of 6
(Liquid Proust search for his favorite laser beam zensheng)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/357g-cake-YuBang-raw-puer-tea-raw-puerh-tea-green-tea-LaoBanZhang-Year-2013-/111586396968?hash=item19fb114b28:g:pK8AAOxyXDhShlZY
After two legit LBZ from YS, it is finally time to drink one that… isn’t legit.
Listed as LaoBanZhang and $80.00 for 357 but actually cost $40
Bought a 50g sample of this because a whole cake would be a bad idea.
The first steep wasn’t bad, kind of dark but nothing was opened up so I knew it wasn’t ready. Steep two and three began to show signs of roasted corn and camphor aroma which the other two LBZ did not have so I was like ‘dangit’ and took a sip; ended up being a bit tart and bitter already. Went into steep five already knowing it wasn’t getting better, but I just had to find out for myself. All of a sudden it fully opened up and 110% bitterness met me and I decided I was done.
Went ahead and gave it two more chances: Steep seven and eight did not improve.
With the bitterness being the most alive part of this product, it is also mentioning that from six full drank steeps there is no qi so I can’t even say the hard road with this is worth it.
Even though there isn’t a chance that these inexpsenive LBZ are legit, I’m still going to play with them because what if it’s good? After all, I’m looking for something that hits hard and someone who wants to claim it’s LBZ has to have a reason… maybe it’s money though.
