DogMa_l ([info]dogma_l) wrote in [info]puerh_tea,
@ 2009-10-27 22:07:00
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ID help please
Just had breakfast with a friend who was in Kunming on business. When I mentioned tea, he pulled out a cake that had been ceremoniously given to him by a plant scientist there. He'd tried some, and hadn't liked it.

Here are pictures of the wrapper



main info block



and a barely readable pencil notation on the cake



Given the circumstances my friend described, I would have expected this to be something special. When I inspected his cake, it looked (and smelled) much more mature than the 2006 label date or 2005 pencil note would suggest. (-But no taint of wet storage.) I took some home, and found it quite pleasant: mild, appealing flavor and good hui gan. I told my friend that I'll be happy to brew some for him, perhaps more to his taste.

I tried to find more information on the Web, using many variations of the label's spelling. The images (man and horse, old tea tree?) also seem distinctive. But I found nothing.

Can anyone here help to identify brand, factory and composition?

Thanks-

DM



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[info]fortl
2009-10-28 09:48 am UTC (link)
factory: 中国云南西双版纳勐海县南糯半坡寨古茶厂
some about: http://www.mhtravel.cn/newshow.asp?id=259

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Factory name
[info]dogma_l
2009-10-28 03:43 pm UTC (link)
Much obliged for this, fortl. Google translator gives

"Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China Menghai old tea factory in Southern Waxy Banpo Village"

Do they have an English-type name, or perhaps they don't deal directly with the West?

Thanks-

DM

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[info]bearsbearsbears
2009-10-28 05:17 pm UTC (link)
Banpo Zhai is a mid-elevation village in the Nannuo mountain region, easily accessible from the road between Jinghong and Menghai, mostly populated by Akha/Hani. If your tea is all leaves from there, or the older part of the village higher up, it should be pretty good.

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