Tag Archives: Lao Banzhang Puerh

Pu erh’s Needed Basics

Mystification in Puerh’s world comes from some of its legitimate claims, but it also comes from regurgitated misinformation, marketing, and the intensely pretentious. Mystification, though, can also serve to hide or manipulate knowledge and create hype, and it is at this, that this little bit of writing is directed. Continue reading

Posted in JalamTeas, Media, Tea | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Lao Ban Zhang Pu erh – A Tea of Endurance

  Few teas that sit in my collection of leaves have ever not made a journey with me, accompanying me as a stimulant companion, ally, and vegetal mate. It is a kind of rite of passage to be taken, prepared, … Continue reading

Posted in JalamTeas, Tea | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments