“A powerful tea — a kick in the teeth in the best way possible. Will be interesting to witness its evolution through the years.” Read full tasting note
“Just an all-around enjoyable tea, really. Not necessarily a whole lot of complexity here: predominant notes of lighter fruit (like another reviewer, I’m really not sure what, precisely), backed...” Read full tasting note
“*taken from my own post in Badger and Blade’s SOTD thread. Obviously fruity. Session to session I can’t pin down the fruit family. Is it tropical, citric and/or stonefruits? if I really wanted to...” Read full tasting note
“Brewed in a 100ml yixing gongfu pot with 5g of leaf. An excellent tea with strong character. Compared to real laobanzhang, the flavor is not quite as complex and doesn’t develop as much over time....” Read full tasting note
This tea is our attempt at blending a tea with character similar to Laobanzhang, without using any actual Laobanzhang material. Though Laobanzhang character is not a singular thing, and can mean literally hundreds of different things, we opted for a tea with a lighter bitterness and more sweetness and internal strength.
The cake is a commentary on the focus on brand name, fame, and authenticity. The tea itself is excellent quality. Despite not being “real” Laobanzhang, it is real tea.
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