• Small Lao Ban Zhang 'Jin Run' Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake
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  • Small Lao Ban Zhang 'Jin Run' Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake dry leaves
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2020 Small Lao Ban Zhang 'Jin Run' Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake 100g

2020 Small Lao Ban Zhang 'Jin Run' Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake 100g

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A raw pu erh tea made from leaves harvested from wild tea trees from Lao Ban Zhang village, Yunnan. It's pressed in a little round tea cake and is named 'Jin Run' (Golden Moist) due to its smooth flavour and golden tea colour.

The material of this consists of whole leaves, yellow flakes (huang pian) and small amount of stem. From a leaf grade point of view, such cakes aren't considered the highest quality. However, if the raw material is from a reputable region and well processed, we can sometimes find hidden gems like this cake.

This raw pu erh is perfect from beginning and intermediate tea drinkers, featuring a predominantly fruity aroma with some medicinal complexity. There's some some savoury notes with a medium sweet finish. Due to optimal processing and perfect aging, the astringency and bitterness has been smoothened out. As a result, we believe this isn't the pu erh tea you want to buy and store away. Instead, it might be one of the best daily drinkers you can get and enjoy right now.

Lao Ban Zhang village

In the Chinese tea market, Lao Ban Zhang is renowned as the King of raw pu erh tea, celebrated for its uniquely bold and complex flavor. The village of Lao Ban Zhang is situated in the Bu Lang Mountain region, with tea production records dating back to 1476.

This village is home to the Bu Lang tribe, a minority group that has cultivated tea trees and produced tea in the mountainous terrain for generations. Today, 117 Bu Lang families reside in the village, which is situated at an elevation of 1,700 to 1,900 meters.

The tea trees surrounding the village thrive within the forest, coexisting harmoniously with various wild plants. The Bu Lang farmers care for these trees using traditional methods passed down through generations. To this day, they continue to produce Lao Ban Zhang tea by adhering to the ancestral processing techniques.

  • Year: 2020
  • Origin: Lao Ban Zhang, Yunnan
  • Varietal (cultivar): large leaf Assamica (Da Ye Zhong)
  • Type: raw (sheng)
  • Shape: pu erh tea cake
  • Weight: 100g

How to infuse 2020 Lao Ban Zhang Raw pu erh tea cake?

Gongfu brewing

Brew 5 gram with 100 ml of water at 90-95°C. After a quick rinse, steep for 15 seconds for the first infusion, then gradually increase the steeping time.

Western brewing

Steep 3 gram with 250 ml of water at 90-95°C. Apply a brewing time of 1 to 3 minutes, according to your taste.

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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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Cassandra Gizzi

I got this cake when it was on the clearance section of the store, and it was a great snipe that I won't ever regreat because this Smoky, frangrant and pleasant tea deserves to be drunk happily in a cold winter day, it has roasted notes and it feels amazing on the palate, and the colour is just right too, its amber shades really fit the tasting profile and I couldn't be happier. Highly recommend.

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.