Dry leaves smell of vibrant smooth creamy sweet fruity
odours.
The first infusion has a blank watery dry almost pond and
peat drier natural Taiwanese storage taste onset with a bit of wood that
finishes very very faintly creamy fruity sweet that trails on the breath. Right off the bat it is believably 2005 aged
material. As the liquid cools there is a
more significant long creamy sweetness left behind.
Second infusion has a blank almost faint pond/ marsh taste
with a returning throat coolness and creamy sweetness. The creamy sweetness has a sugar sweet edge
to it as well and comes with some nice saliva returning in the mouth. There is some lesser woody, bark, and even
sour notes. Nice tingling sensation in
the limbs and scalp and some relaxing qi.
The third infusion has a faint pondy marsh onset with sour,
woody, fruity notes that have a nice saliva producing with a returning coolness
with creamy sweet bready aftertaste.
Some fuzzy head Qi sensations.
The fourth infusion has a slight bitter woody and lesser
fruity taste. There is some cooling with
a creamy sweet returning taste with a bit of coco in the finish. Tastier infusion here. Stronger stuffy head feeling now.
The fifth infusion is a bit bitter coco woody onset with
some creamy sugar sweetness that comes after a soft cooling. The mouthfeeling is really soft so I hadn’t
really mentioned it. There is some sort
of peat and creamy sweetness in the aftertaste.
Some nice salivating. Stuffy
strong heady Qi. Heavy head feeling. The cooled down cup of tea tastes like a bit
bitter wine coco woody with a faint coolness and returning creamy sweetness. This infusion has an unmistakably Lao Ban
Zhang taste and feeling to it.
The sixth infusion has a bitter woody wine onset with some
creamy sweet and coco in the finish.
Strong stuffy head Qi. Some
saliva producing. Nice taste her.
The seventh infusion has a soft velvety mouthfeeling with
watery wine woody onset and some cooling in the mouth then a creamy sugar
finish. Nice sugar sweetness in the mouth
a few minutes later.
The eighth infusion is left to cool… it gives off creamy
sweet almost but not quite banana sweetness with woody sugar sweetness. It tastes pretty good with stuffy head Qi.
My day gets too busy and I’m let with no choice but to abandon
my tea session…
I resume the next day…
And more deliciousness gets pushes out… really yummy and
obvious Lao Ban Zhang Taste and Qi with this one. It has that classic bitter-wine-coco then
creamy sweet taste that I highly value and is very Lao Ban Zhang. I push the spent leaves hard in the mug and these
tastes and feelings have lots of depth and stamina in them. This has enough of the Laobanzhang character
in it that it has me interested…
This 2005 Greatful Tea Factory Ban Zhang Zhongshan was initially only offered in the In Search of Real Lao
Ban Zhang tasting set but has since been offered at Puerh.uk in quarter cakes and full cakes
at approx. $470.00 for 357 g cake or $1.34/g.
Peace
3 comments:
This is the Gan-en LBZ that was once available at Essence of Tea. It's okay, and I'd say it's fairly authentic. This was a favorite tea among a variety sampled in a old widely read article about LBZ, which I think pushed its profile up.
https://steepster.com/teas/the-essence-of-tea/10124-2005-gan-en-lao-banzhang
Shah8,
Thanks for sharing this information which I was previously unaware.
It has a very obvious and classic Laobanzhang taste and feel to me as well… hard to find these days with newer productions.
Peace
The article that was published on the GTH site?
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