Pu'erh Convert

[Cole19]

Just did my second order of pu'erh from Steve. Can't wait to try it all! Can anyone let me know if they have given any of these a try? I am kind of ordering blind... = )

2007 Xiaguan "Holy Flame" Raw Pu-erh tea tuo

2009 Menghai "Zi Yun" Ripe Pu-erh tea

2008 Xiaguan FT "Happy Tuo" Raw Pu-erh tea

The one I am really curious about....

2005 Xiaguan Bao Yan Tibetan Flame Raw Pu-erh Brick - 250g

 

[arghblech]

I've had all of those and they are all nice teas.

As long as you don't expect the two baoyans* to be miraculous you'll like them fine. These get a pretty good amount of love around here and even have their own nickname... ODB. Ol' Dirty Baoyan. Simple but solid. I have maybe 3 kilos of various years of those baoyan bricks stashed away. I don't think they are great "collection" teas but they are wonderful "drink now" teas.




* Wait... what? TWO baoyans?! Yup, Holy Flame == baoyan. The tuo has a better grade of leaves than the bricks but they are pretty similar. Xiaguan has a whole line of baoyan teas.

 

[Cole19]

But what are Baoyans?

 

[arghblech]

BaoYan literally means Gem Flame according to babelcarp. It's a brand that Xiaguan uses for this particular line of products. Both that 2007 Holy Flame and the 2005 brick are part of that line.