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2009 Yunnan Sourcing "Bu Lang Shan Yun" Raw Pu-erh tea - 357g

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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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    1. Bland, flavorless

      Posted by Unknown on 11th Apr 2011

      I had to agree with the previous reviewer that this tea just doesn't have much of a character. It's smooth, but that's about it. I'm on the 7th brew right now, and it almost already tastes like water to me. It has a bit of a mushroom fragrance, but not strong at all.

    2. Odd

      Posted by Tom on 7th Feb 2011

      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 hint of spice, mushroom, and moss. Flavor? Flavor? I’m looking for it. I’m searching.

      In the next gaiwan over, I’ve got the session of Wu Liang from yesterday. I give it a brief reinvigorating rinse to bring it back up to temperature and then pull off a minute-long 12th steep. I felt embarrassed for the Bu Lang cake when I put my nose to the cup of Wu Liang and then loudly slurped a big sip; it was still loaded with flavor, texture, bitterness and aroma.

      Moving back to the tea at hand, crickets are chirping. As it opens, it releases a distinct and surprising, wet, moldy basement on me. Aside from some slight date sugar and mulling spice character, I have little positive to say about this tea. It ends parching in an odd cottony sensation.

    3. An easy to like tea

      Posted by Unknown on 22nd Oct 2009

      An ideal cup of tea on a cool autumn morning. The dry leaf is very easy to separate from the cake without breaking, perfect compression. The teas flavor reminds me of dates and in later infusions a little bit of spice shows up. Very rich and mellow. A great value for a tea of this quality.