Jinrich tea?

Babelfish did a better job translating the site, but most pages wouldn't open. Nothing there seemed to match. Text suggests that company specializes in black tea.

Here are pictures of the wrapped cakes and box.

Anyone know the product, or able to read the description?

Thanks-

DM

Babelfish did a better job translating the site, but most pages wouldn't open. Nothing there seemed to match. Text suggests that company specializes in black tea.

Here are pictures of the wrapped cakes and box:

Anyone know the product, or able to read the description?

Thanks-

DM

Hopefully someone here can shed some light, now I'm curious. I can't recall ever seeing that company before. I'd love to hear tasting notes when you finally get to break into it.

I always like yokan or mochi/daifuku with any tea, doesn't have to be green. Maybe something pickled or a little salty.

- Dominic

HTH

The main part says An1 hua4 Hei1 Cha2 (anhua black / dark tea) Anhua is a county in Hunan province.

See also:

If you search for this:

You will find more results. This is different from Anhui Hei Cha.

Sure looks the same, though I've only seen a picture and there might be more than one kind of cake under that label.

Great extension - thanks! Installed and working.

-DM

Approximate location of characters on the suggested wrapper:

3 characters 2 characters(script)

11 characters for hunan province anhui county jinrich tea profession

I dont have time to translate the two columns of characters on the left.

Jim

Looks like it is, as some speculated, an unripe heicha. Cakes are actually discs sliced from a cylinder ca. 3" in diameter - possibly a

Tea had no smell dry (and not much wet); color grayish yellow-green. Infusion was unexpectedly copper-colored rather than yellow-green. I brewed a new sheng Pu'er, a shu tuocha, and a pressed Yancha oolong for comparison. Flavor was mild, not astringent or bitter, slightly sweet increasing with steep count. Not very interesting, really, but not bad at all.

Images at

""Golden Flower" is the coronoid process of the Mainz pouch, commonly known as San, the original series of products for black tea in the unique brick tea Fu.... Fu processing blocks "发花" process is the formation of the unique quality of brick tea Fu key technology, the essence of which is by controlling the temperature and humidity conditions must promote bacteria - bacteria capsule loose coronoid process of growth and reproduction, resulting in the closure of gold capsule shell, which in the brick tea Fu content of the tea taste, aroma is closely related to a direct impact on the quality of brick tea Fu, border consumer has always been based on "Golden Flower" to judge the quality and quantity of brick tea quality were the pros, there are " good tea gold flowers and spent more than a good quality tea, "said."

Seems that either this particular tea is older than I expected, or that there's some ripening before the logs are dried. I suggested that the owners park it someplace warm and damp, and try it again in a few years.

Thanks for your thoughts-

DM

with your permission i could add this pictures to my database with a link to these comments, so the next one asking about this tea will have a bit more info

k> Babelfish did a better job translating the site, but most pages wouldn't

Yes, and, to answer DogMa's question, it isn't 1000 Tael tea, it's a mere 100 tael (Bai3 Liang3 Cha2.)

/Lew