“I still have some old CLT samples, and Jinggu Bàng is one of them. I found it a little boring taste-wise, and no other aspect particularly grabbed my attention either. However, today I did like it...” Read full tasting note
“I received this as a sample at first it seems kind of light heartedly not offering up too much the first couple steeps, definitely not a fruit bomb. More vegital. Definitely more of a savory tea,...” Read full tasting note
“Coming back to Jinggu Bàng a year later, it has toned down a lot. No longer do I get green beans or creamy, custardy florals. Those have mellowed into a base of smokey straw and bitter kale tone...” Read full tasting note
“Still smells like farts for the first half dozen steeps. Was not in the right mood for this one today.” Read full tasting note
This tea is a fantastic representative of Jinggu area material. We were very pleased to find this tea this year. We were equally pleased to work with the talented Du Xi; a local Kunming artist. He created the original artwork which we adapted to the puerh cake.
Chinese mythology wouldn’t be complete without the antics of the Monkey King, “Sun Wukong”, and his magical staff the “Jīngū Bàng”. He received this mythical weapon from the Dragon King of the East Sea. In the painting the Monkey King is doing battle with the Jingu Bang against Erlang Shen and his dog Xiàotiān quǎn.
Prefecture: Simao
Elevation: 2200m +
Wood Fired
Hand Rolled
Single Varietal
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