2002 Bu Lang Mountain Raw Pu-erh Tea Brick from Yunnan Sourcing

2002 Bu Lang Mountain Raw Pu-erh Tea Brick

Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Flavors
Beetroot, Biting, Earthy, Grain, Mineral, Nutty, Wheat, Alkaline, Bittersweet, Earth, Fig, Forest Floor, Juicy, Oily, Plum, Pumpkin, Rainforest, Smooth, Spices, Stonefruit, Thick, Wet Moss, Wet Wood, Woody
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Average preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 7 g 3 oz / 100 ml

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  • “mineral, nutty, sweet earthy note (beetroot), bubbly, #2 stronger, wheat, licorice root, #3 biting, #4 barley I don’t find this tea to be quite worth the price, although I only had one session with...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Very nice aged sheng! I got this tea from my recent YS order, and it is a very well balanced tea. Decent leaves, not a high proportion of buds and slightly difficult to pry, but generally whole and...” Read full tasting note
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A very strong tea from Bu Lang mountain area. Purchased from a long time tea dealer in Foshan Guangdong who has stored it in their 2nd floor warehouse from 2002 (until January 2021) after a deal gone bad. Originally the tea was produced for a Malaysian tea seller in Penang who was planning to sell them as “Lao Ban Zhang” bricks because of their similar character (to Lao Ban Zhang). The tea was in Foshan for until (January 2021).

Medium level of compression, the tea requires some extra steeping time at first to awaken the leaves, but once it gets going it’s all smoke, leather, and flowers. Very thick in the mouth, with a pungent long lasting taste and mouth-watering effect. Goes many many infusions before losing steam.

This is from the same producer as our now sold out 2003 Bu Lang bricks (sold out in 2019).

An excellent tea, that reminds us why Bu Lang teas are so sought after!

250 grams per brick

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mineral, nutty, sweet earthy note (beetroot), bubbly, #2 stronger, wheat, licorice root, #3 biting, #4 barley

I don’t find this tea to be quite worth the price, although I only had one session with it to be honest. It is mineral and nutty with a swee earthy beetroot note. The mouthfeel is biting and bubbly and there are also flavours of wheat and barley.

Flavors: Beetroot, Biting, Earthy, Grain, Mineral, Nutty, Wheat

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 6 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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Very nice aged sheng! I got this tea from my recent YS order, and it is a very well balanced tea. Decent leaves, not a high proportion of buds and slightly difficult to pry, but generally whole and unbroken. Aroma is rich both in the dry and wet leaf but could do with a bit more potency. Liquor is a vibrant, clear orange-red hue. Flavour is quite decent, good mix of spices, woodiness, fruitiness, and the prototypical aged sheng flavours. Texture is smooth, yet thick and oily. Character is pretty decent too, with a nice steep variability, lots of ways to alter the flavour of this tea just by the temperature. Finish & aftertaste is very good, long aftertaste with a mineral note to it as well as a juicy finish to boot. Cha-qi is average to decent, a bit of stomach action here and there with a slight buzz to the experience. Steep longevity is pretty good, the tea tops around steep 12-14.

The tea takes time to really settle in but it’s something definitely worth recommending.

Flavors: Alkaline, Bittersweet, Earth, Fig, Forest Floor, Juicy, Mineral, Oily, Plum, Pumpkin, Rainforest, Smooth, Spices, Stonefruit, Thick, Wet Moss, Wet Wood, Woody

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec 7 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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