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Yunnan Sourcing
CA$27.75•Unit: 10 Gram Sample
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Steep time
3–5 min
Recommended
Steeps
5
Recommended
Water temp
98°C
Recommended
Leaf ratio
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Oxidation
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Caffeine
Medium
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Best pick • solid dark choice from Unknown origin
Tip: start at ~95°C, then adjust down 3–5°C if it turns sharp.
This is the second best Lao Ban Zhang cake I have tasted this year. Not far behind the 2010 Hai Lang Hao in terms of raw material quality and processing, this production is considerably cheaper in price, but is still 100% Lao Ban Zhang material! Strong and pungent cha qi this is a good tea to brew for people who are skeptical of possibility that tea can make you drunk! A small production with a total of just 180 kilograms produced in total. Check out Gu Ming Xiang's very excellent "Xin Ban Zhang" (lit. New Ban Zhang village)