Left 05, right 06, both look about the same, however 06 seems a little less compressed than 05. I can break off the 06 rather easily in large pieces of leaves.
Left 05: Small broken leaves, this could be from my clumsy technique of breaking the brick, also I am currently prying the middle of the brick.
Right 06: Some whole leaves can be seen, consist of both young and old leaves.
Closer look of the 05 wet leaves.
Closer look of the 06 wet leaves.
Both are similar in color, light amber.
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Who makes this particular brick?
Here is the link of the description:
http://cgi.ebay.com/2006-Mengku-Lao-Ban-Zhang-Pu-erh-Tea-Brick-100g_W0QQitemZ260054085010QQihZ016QQcategoryZ38181QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
Hey there.
Nice to see another decent tea blog around.
I am Relznuk, and I maintain the Insani-Tea blog, and was hoping that you would post a link to me. I would appreciate it much. :)
I love your tasting notes.
Thanks,
Relznuk of Insani-Tea
insani-tea.blogspot.com
Relzunk,
thanks for stopping by! Fun blog you have there. Will do when I reorganize my blog. :)
Interesting, thanks for the pictures.
In case you want a suggestion for opening the brick...
If the 05 is meant for drinking now (it looks that way with half of it gone) I'd just pry it apart instead of leaving it compressed. It won't make much difference anyway, aging wise.
Stick a knife in sideways (horizontally) into the brick... deep, and then just pry. The brick should peel into half. It should be small enough then to just work loose the leaves. Better than chipping at it from the sides, IMHO...
Interesting. And what about the taste in general? Could you compare it please for all of us.;-)
Thanks Marshaln.
Innerspace,
I'll post detail tasting notes in the near future. :)
Hello, I'm just wondering: have you ever tasted Tai Ping Hou Kui?
It's a green tea and what comes to mind in connection with this tea and you is that it has an amazing orchid-like aroma and very smooth taste when brewed properly. If you didn't try this tea I strongly advice you to do this because, as I know, orchids are also you strong passion. And I think you'll love it also:-)
Use gaiwan, water reached "crab eyes" point then cooled down to 70-60 per celsium, and sufficient amount of tea with very short steeping time for a first steeping and the rest you know cause you are more experienced tea drinker than me:-)
That sounds delicious! I will look for it. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
Hi Imen,
Was wondering is you willing to sell a few pcs of the 05/06 lao ban zhang. Certainly love to taste them. Regards Eric
Hi Eric,
The 07 brick is available online. If you want the 06 in particular, I can spare one. Email me if you'd like to have the 06 still: tea at teahabitat dot come.
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