“This tea is just downright perplexing to me. I’m having trouble gathering my thoughts about it. The dry leaf, rinse, and first steep aromas are all quiet, sullen, and distant, pushing through a...” Read full tasting note
“Yikes, I’m probably one of the most inconsistent reviewers on the site, but oh well. [First steep] This tea had quite the effect on me, it’s really unique. On the first steep it brewed so...” Read full tasting note
“Starts off very mild in taste, but in energy it increases after the first steep. Pleasant bitterness and light sweetness underly the thick liquor. There is a strong mouthfeel and an interesting...” Read full tasting note
“Getting this one out a second time as I forgot to post the first time. I got 10 grams out and gave a rinse and let it sit a while. I brewed this quick with short steeps. Color looks good on this...” Read full tasting note
Bu Lang Shan Yun (布朗山韵 aka Rhyme of Bu Lang Mountain) is the first tea created under the new Yunnan Sourcing / Rui Cao Xiang label. This label is a co-project between Yunnan Sourcing “Yun Zhi Yuan” (云之源) and a Korean counter-part “Rui Cao Xiang” (瑞草香). During their extensive travels and mao cha tastings in Banna during the Spring of 2009 they came across this 2006 Autumn mao cha from the village of Man Nong (曼弄寨), near to He Kai (贺开) about 20km north of Ban Zhang(班章). The tea is entirely wild arbor and features large leaves, sturdy with thick veins. The tea is typically Bu Lang but has mellowed significantly due to its storage as un-compresssed mao cha in hot and humid Banna. It brews a deep golden liquor which is thick and soothing with plenty of sweetness but not without some of the at Bu Lang rich texture that stimulates and satisifies! This tea was compressed in a small tea factory near Jing Hong where stone presses were used. Low temperature “baking” was used to dry these cakes after the compression process thus preserving their integrity! In total just 200 kilograms of this tea has been produced
Net Weight: 357 grams per cake
Compression date: June 4th, 2009
Harvest time: October 2006
Harvest Area: Man Nong village of Bu Lang mountains, Menghai county
Total Production amount: 554 cakes
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