Tea factory information?

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Anyone familiar with the following tea factories (I have very little to go on):

Nan Jian Tu Lin tea factory. Scott reports that:Their productions are often similiar to Xiaguan productions in their choice of raw materials, blending and processing techniques. Tulin brand fermented teas are well-known for their balanced flavor and sweet after-taste and complex flavor. A great choice for an everyday drinking ripe pu-erh tea.

Guan Zi Zai. Nothing really in Scott's writeup about the factory.

Thanks,

 

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Nan Jian was established in 1983, and I believe they made nothing but tuocha for a while. They use materials from Wuliangshan just like Xiaguan. Their tuocha are pungent and heavy in presentation- also similar to Xiaguan, but they have their own unique taste. I have a few 7 year old tuo's from Nan Jian that still have that youthful bitterness, and rough plantation edge.

I've never had something of theirs that wasn't a raw tuocha, so I couldn't tell you about their full line-up, although I hear they do tuocha best.

 

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As for Guan Zi Zai, well according to babelcarp;

guan zi zai = (观自在 or 觀自&#22312 a Pu'er company claiming to specialize in old-tree tea, apparently with offices in the Kunming wholesale tea market

I've never really heard much about them, but have seen their products for a few years now.

 

[Sp1key]

nanjian tulin are popular for their tuos as thanks mentioned from wuliang shan region. The key difference from xiaguan tuo is that nanjian tulin fengqing tuos are made of wild leaves. Personally I do like most of these and xiaguan's tuo prior to 2000.

From my understanding, nanjian has a few factories. Among them,
nanjian factory which produces gu de fengqing tuo
dali nanjian zhen tea company produces tulin fengqing tuo
nanjian fengqing tuo tea company produces laolin fenqing tuo

The pic of the tuo I posted sometime back in 'Ripe Puerh of the night' is a nanjian tulin fengqing ripe tuo among the first batch of wrappers with double eye lids. You may check it out here http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=76762&page=6 (post103)

 

[Sp1key]

If I may add, xiaguan and fengqing tuos of the 80s,90s are very valuable nowadays (generally fengqing tuo prices follows behind the xiaguan tuos). sometimes one will come across some reasonable buys for the 90s range which is worth considering.

 

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[/SIZE]Guan Zi Zai. Nothing really in Scott's writeup about the factory.

Thanks,

I believe the owners of Guan Zi Zai and Yong Pin Hao are related, whatever that means.

 

[netsurfr]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Scotto]

I believe the owners of Guan Zi Zai and Yong Pin Hao are related, whatever that means.

Isn't everyone in the pu'er trade?

 

[TacoBell]

I believe the owners of Guan Zi Zai and Yong Pin Hao are related, whatever that means.

How do you find these things out? Where is the Pu-erh water cooler?

 

[Yossarian]

How do you find these things out? Where is the Pu-erh water cooler?

I strongly suspect that this is it!

 

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How do you find these things out? Where is the Pu-erh water cooler?

http://cgi.ebay.com/2009-Guan-Zi-Za...id=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|293:1|294:30

"Guan Zi Zai is a small Yi Wu based tea company. The boss of Guan Zi Zai is the elder brother of the Yong Pin Hao brand of teas."

 

[netsurfr]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2009-Guan-Zi-Za...id=p4634.c0.m14.l1262&_trkparms=|293:1|294:30

"Guan Zi Zai is a small Yi Wu based tea company. The boss of Guan Zi Zai is the elder brother of the Yong Pin Hao brand of teas."

Now I am wondering if their tea is any good...
Anyone tried it recently?