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2007 Organic Menghai Banzhang Old Tree Pu-erh from PuerhShop.com

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75/100

2007 Organic Menghai Banzhang Old Tree Pu-erh

Pu-erh Tea by PuerhShop.com

from Banzhang Old Tree Tea Factory

The mission is simple but tough: the tea we want has to meet these requirements:

1. Organic 2. Imperial Grade 3. Menghai Leaves 4. Clean and clean 5. Great Taste 6. Low Price!

This is the only tea cake we found that fits the ticket. A small tea factory may not be able to make its Shu as good as Dayi from batch to batch, but this one would be on par with the best from Menghai Dayi, at 1/3 price.

The tea brews a clear and ruby liquor with a satisfying, remarkably smooth taste, it is simply a great buy for its price and quality.

Menghai Tea Factory

6 Tasting Notes

dalril
75

Gongfu stylin’ – 9g in a coffee press, 1 rinse at 20s, 1 steep at 15s, so far…

Justin
67
Justin 6 tasting notes

Gongfu style, 7g in a 7oz. Yixing pot.
2 rinses at 10s, 5 steeps at 15s, 20s, 30s, 1m, 3m.

Came back to this one after not having it for awhile. Though a good shou, doesn’t really stack up to the Dayi cakes I’ve been drinking. Used about 4.5g of leaf in a 4.5 oz Yixing pot. Rinsed it and rested it for about a minute, then did steeps of 15s, 10s, 20s, 30s, and 5 minutes.

I’ll be drinking this most of the day probably. Tastes good today.

This is the only pu cake I’ve been drinking of late because I ran out of my other tuocha. Placed at order at Pu Erh Shop today though, and hope to get a bunch of new sheng and shu next week.

I usually alternate pu erh every other day, since my one set of leaves will get me about 5 steeps (pretty much the whole day). I really enjoy shu, and I don’t want to get sick of it by drinking it every day.

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