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“This is my final sipdown & tea of the day, again from NofarS. I’m ending the day with 278 teas in my collection! I started drinking gongfu steepings of this while teaching my final student of...” Read full tasting note
“sipdown! This has been my mid morning puerh while i try and figure out the monstrosity that is my other half’s new coffee maker. lol It’s a breville gind n’ brew thing and takes up a ton of...” Read full tasting note
“Drinking this gongfu style while doing some reading for my thesis. This is a strong and earthy tea, good for dozens and dozens of brewings by the look of it. It mellows down and grows sweeter with...” Read full tasting note
These little 100 gram cakes were pressed in March of 2011 from a blend of fine grade (small size) fermented leaf material from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna. It was compressed in March of 2011, and has been stored in Dallas, TX since May, 2011. This tea is smooth and sweet, with a moderately thick mouthfeel that reminds me of gong ting (imperial grade) ripe tea. While this tea would certainly benefit from further aging, this tea is quite drinkable now with relatively little fermentation taste for its young age.
About Yunnan Haiwan Tea Industry Co:
Mr. Zou Bingliang, the owner of the Haiwan Companies, was the manager of Menghai Tea Factory before leaving in the late 1990s to form Haiwan with two of his closest associates. Mr. Zou was in charge of all operations at the Menghai Tea Factory, including overseeing all aspects of the closely guarded secret fermentation methods used in the production of Menghai’s famous ripe Pu-Erh teas. Using the experience and expertise of Mr. Zou and his comrades, Yunnan Haiwan Tea Industry Co was founded in 1999, and this factory has established a solid reputation for producing high quality sheng/raw and shu/ripe Pu-Erh tea during its short history.
The brand “Lao Tongzhi” (老通知, Old Comrades) is one of the brand names Yunnan Haiwan Tea Industry Co produces tea under, and was named for the two friends or comrades who started the company with Mr. Zou. “Jingdian 1999” (經典1999; Classics 1999) is a product line named they named after the year the company was founded.
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Haiwan Tea IndustryThis is my final sipdown & tea of the day, again from NofarS. I’m ending the day with 278 teas in my collection!
I started drinking gongfu steepings of this while teaching my final student of the day. I’m not sure how many cups I had, but once her lesson ended I got busy cleaning the stove hood, & all tea drinking came to an end. I am saving these leaves, however, as I’m sure they still have much more to give & after a quick rinse tomorrow, I plan to steep them out some more. This is a smooth & tasty shu, free from fermentation flavors & odors, with a sweetness to it & a nice earthy grounding energy. It brews a deep dark cup, & that’s the kind of cup I love!
sipdown! This has been my mid morning puerh while i try and figure out the monstrosity that is my other half’s new coffee maker. lol It’s a breville gind n’ brew thing and takes up a ton of room. However, it makes him happy and since we got it for free with my airmiles, i can hardly complain.
This is a lovely puerh! I’m so glad that nofars shared it with terri who shared it with me. This is one of the few puerhs not from mandala that i’ve had that i really enjoy. It’s a very relaxing, dark and roasty sort of puerh for me. Initial steeps were good and then it unfolded into a deep delicious cup of goodness as it progressed. :) thank you both!
Drinking this gongfu style while doing some reading for my thesis. This is a strong and earthy tea, good for dozens and dozens of brewings by the look of it. It mellows down and grows sweeter with every brewing, but I still probably wouldn’t recommend it for people just starting out into the world of pu’erh. The leaves, both dry and after brewing, are on the long side, with no sourness or much astringency to them. I was very tired when I came home from work today and brewing several rounds of this made me sit up and take notice! This won’t be an everyday tea for me, but I can see myself drinking it at times like these. A perfect study tea for me!
