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2020 Chaze 'Fragrance of Bingdao' Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake 357g

2020 Chaze 'Fragrance of Bingdao' Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake 357g

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This exceptional tea cake fully showcases the potential of raw Pu-erh tea from the Bingdao region. It's not a tea to be rushed. Instead, take your time—sit down, relax, and prepare for the multidimensional experience that this Bingdao tea cake has to offer.

Taste profile

With your first sip of this tea, the floral honey notes will transport you to a sunlit spring field, where bees buzz among the flowers. The cooling minty aftertaste that follows is like a gentle breeze, adding a refreshing touch to the experience. This aged raw Pu-erh tea has also developed complex undertones of warm spices, orange, wood, and incense. The wet tea leaves carry the earthy scent of a forest floor, while the bottom of an empty cup reveals a lingering aroma of caramel.

Fragrance of Bingdao series

This Pu-erh tea cake is part of the 'Fragrance of Bingdao' series by the Chaze Tea Factory, first introduced in 2020. As such, this cake belongs to the inaugural year of the series.

Crafted from hand-picked first flush spring tea leaves harvested in the Bingdao region, and manually stone-pressed into cakes, this tea quickly gained popularity, leading to the same recipe being used for tea cakes in 2021 and 2023. You can also purchase the 2023 version of this cake.

  • Year: 2020
  • Season: Spring
  • Origin: Bingdao, Yunnan
  • Varietal (cultivar): large leaf Assamica (Da Ye Zhong)
  • Production date: 18 March 2023
  • Compression: medium
  • Type: raw (sheng)
  • Brand: Cha Ze
  • Series/recipe: Fragrance of Bingdao
  • Shape: pu erh tea cake
  • Weight: 357g

How to make 2020 'The Fragrance of Bingdao' tea?

There are two methods to prepare this pu erh tea cake:

Gongfu brewing

Brew 5 gram with 100 ml of water at 95°C. Steep for 10 seconds for the first infusion, followed by 5 seconds for the next 5 infusions. Afterwards, gradually increase the steeping time.

Western brewing

Steep 3 gram with 500 ml of water at 95°C. Apply a brewing time of 1.5 minutes and add 30 seconds for each next infusion.

Delivery time: 1-10 day EU delivery. For estimates per country, please visit the shipping info page at the bottom of our website.

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Returns: orders can be returned for a refund within 30 days. Products should returned in unopened, unused condition.

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How this raw pu erh tea is made

  • tea processing: tea leaves picking

    Picking

    Tea leaves are hand-picked in the morning.

  • tea processing: withering and drying tea on bamboo trays

    Withering

    The leaves are spread on bamboo trays to wither.

  • Fixation

    The withered leaves are heated to halt oxidation.

  • tea processing: rolling and shaping tea leaves

    Rolling

    The tea leaves are rolled to release their aroma.

  • tea processing: withering and sun drying tea leaves

    Sun Drying

    Rolled leaves are spread on bamboo mats to sun-dry.

  • tea processing: stone pressing pu erh tea cakes

    Pressing

    The processed tea leaves are steamed & compressed.

  • tea processing: packaging pressed pu erh tea

    Packaging

    The compressed tea is wrapped in paper & packed in boxes.

  • tea processing: storing pu erh tea

    Aging

    The raw pu erh tea is stored for further aging.

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I'm noticing a pattern with Chaze brand teas; they all have a distinct smell and taste that is probably unique to their brand, just like Xiaguan or Dayi. I quite like it in the 2020 Fragrance of Bing Dao and less so in the 2023 version. That being said the tea has nice hui gan and has a very strong cha qi. It is honey/sugar like.

Our design work is inspired by the artwork “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by the Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty. Instead of displaying the daily lives of people in the capital of China (as the original artwork), we display the tea making process of farmers through the same bird’s eye perspective.

When examining our packaging design in detail, tea enthusiasts will observe the tea making process, featuring tea farmers picking, drying, rolling, and frying tea leaves. The tea is then tasted in a pavilion and transported by horses along the ‘ancient tea road’.

Together, the traditional Chinese landscape and tea making theme, symbolise heritage, tradition, and respect for hard work of tea farmers.