Brick - Yunnan - Tea from 2005 till 2010

Fu Lu Shou Xi (福禄寿喜) - Fortune, Wealth, Longevity and Happiness

The Menglong TF made this 250g tea brick from ancient wild tea tree material in 2006. Purple large leaves varietal tea is from Mengmao village, Baoshan region. This place is famous for wild arbor tea (Qiao Mu). It is the optimum ecological environment for the growth of grandifoliate planted tea trees. Four years proper store in Kunming makes the tea soup golden yellow, fruity aroma and a smooth flavour. The taste resembles some sorts of laocha(old oolong tea)! The packing paper is not...

Spring 2005 material from Yibang was used for this semi-aged raw puerh tea brick. Rare hand pressed by wood form and stone. Is hard to see this technique nowadays. This tea was stored in hot and middle humid warehouse in XIshuanbanna, the color of liquore change faster than the taste. Is very clean and great example of Yunnan tropical storage. Tea come from arbor tea garden, there is great aroma and power in the tea, can brewed for many times.

Shu brick 100g brought from China as a present. Unknown seller. Producer is LongChang Tea Co.

This brick was stored in Kunming since 2006, it was made by using the best raw materials Haiwan Tea Factory could find. A few factors make this tea brick very expensive. 1. it's rare as it's hard to get it nowadays at the marketplace; 2. it's a certified 'Organic'; 3. its raw materials were harvested from ancient tea trees; 4. it's big 500g heavy, the equivalent of two standard 250g bricks, 5. it's a collector's item. Once you considered all of these factors, you may understand why...