Ban Pen 2017 Spring from Tea Urchin

Ban Pen 2017 Spring

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Astringent, Bitter, Creamy, Drying, Floral, Grain, Green Wood, Mint, Moss, Orange Zest, Stonefruit, Straw, Winter Honey, Wood, Alkaline, Butter, Cactus, Dates, Medicinal, Raspberry, Smooth, Tart
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Boiling 7 g 4 oz / 110 ml

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  • “Pretty average Menghai sheng pu’er, meaning it lacks definition but still retains the stonefruit character and requisite bitterness (which coms on quite slowly). The other two ‘pure’ BanPen sheng...” Read full tasting note

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Ban Pen, the poor mans Lao Ban Zhang, is literally just down the road from it’s more famous neighbour, but has attractive qualities of it’s own. It’s clean tasting & more gentle than LBZ, with less bitterness & astringency. The aroma has notes of damp hay, green mung beans & plain congee with a sweet finish reminiscent of red dates. The tea flavor centers around a light malty base with sunflower seeds, sugarcane, apricot & tannin. The mouthfeel is bright and alive, with a sweet mineral aftertaste – it’s very pleasant to drink even when stewed thick.

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Pretty average Menghai sheng pu’er, meaning it lacks definition but still retains the stonefruit character and requisite bitterness (which coms on quite slowly). The other two ‘pure’ BanPen sheng I’ve had are both very different from this and from each other.

This reminds me a lot of King Tea Mall’s 2018 Spring ZiQi sheng, which iss a blend of BanPen (MengHai) and YiWu. Blending can create a tea that might otherwise be lacking. This definitely lasted longer than the ZiQi.

The fully engorged wet leaf sure does look healthy.

Maybe a good step for beginners out of the most basic young sheng.

Flavors: Astringent, Bitter, Creamy, Drying, Floral, Grain, Green Wood, Mint, Moss, Orange Zest, Stonefruit, Straw, Winter Honey, Wood

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