2008 Lao Man'e Brand "Ban Zhang Peacock" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

Name: 2008 Lao Man'e Brand "Ban Zhang Peacock" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Brand: Lao Man'e Brand
Price: 60.5 USD
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This is a well aged Guangdong storage ripe pu-erh tea pressed in 2008 by the Lao Man'e Brand. This is composed of a blend of gong ting, te ji, grade 1,3,5 ripe tea leaves wet piled from tea leaves harvested entirely from the Bu Lang mountains. The wet pile batch was done with a medium-light level of fermentation to preserve more of the raw "sheng" character of the tea leaves. The result is an aromatic tea with plenty of cherry cola sweetness and just a little bit of chocolate bitter character.

Although this tea is called "Ban Zhang Wang" it's unlikely that there is any Ban Zhang material in the cake. So many larger Pu-erh tea factories based in Menghai love to refer to their teas as "Ban Zhang" to cash-in on the hype surrounding Ban Zhang teas. Nevertheless, this is a fantastic semi-aged ripe tea that is sure to be pleasing to ripe fans!

357 Grams per cake

2008 Pressing

Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 2 reviews.

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earthy and sweet!

"the description was correct this does taste like cola and is sweet! (also note: the hotter the water the more the cola and sweet aftertaste comes out), cucumber, mushroom, earthy, cherry, dark chocolate, thick mouthfeel that leaves a creamy sort of feeling on the tongue, mossy, slight mouth cooling effect/light camphor/menthol note, slight mouth tingling effect, raspberry, mineral, this tea overall has a mellow flavour and i really like it! i find the flavour profile predominately earthy and cool, the sweetness is definitely there but more of a complimentary element in the whole experience. of other shou i’ve tried this reminds me a bit of the 2020 green miracle which is a favourite of mine, but this tea is sweeter and closer to being fruity and light while still being in that more earthy category. this tea has a bit of a headrush effect which i really like, strong body warmth, sedating, you will definitely feel the cha qi drinking this, very relaxing but at the same time there’s an underlying energetic feeling to it, but for sure leaning toward the calm and sedating side which is my preference! very happy with this tea!"

— Jessica H. (5/5)