WORKSHOP 001
Banpen Ancient Tree
BANPEN · ANCIENT ARBOR · 500GBetween Lao Banzhang and Hekai — strength and softness in balance.
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- Product
- Banpen Ancient Tree · BANPEN · ANCIENT ARBOR · 500G
- Series
- WORKSHOP 001
- Tea
- Raw Pu-erh · Workshop No.1 series
- Format
- 500g · batch 2026.04.12
- Region
- Menghai, Yunnan — Banpen
- Price
- $502.9 (price as shown in the online boutique)
TASTING
Pure, high aroma — quietly elegant dried fruit and nectar, composed and never loud.
Light bitterness releasing fast, sweetness direct — a thick, resinous soup and a cool throat note.
Trees of about 300 years at an average elevation of approx. 1,700 m; April 2026 batch. Banpen's style is reserved, agile, strength and softness in balance — sitting between Lao Banzhang and Hekai: a pure, high aroma, quietly elegant with dried fruit and nectar sweetness, composed and never loud. On entry the bitterness is light and the astringency faint — not as fierce as Lao Banzhang, yet it releases very fast; sweetness shows itself directly, the soup thick and full with a rich, resinous texture. Salivation is swift and lasting, returning sweetness spreading from beneath the tongue across the whole mouth; the energy is strong yet reserved and steady — a clear sensation without sweating. The high-mountain character goes straight to the throat: cool and comfortable, no dryness, with a long lingering finish.
Pure and high, quietly elegant with dried fruit and nectar sweetness; composed and never loud, with a high-mountain freshness on closer nosing; the empty cup sweet and clean, its scent understated.
Light bitterness, faint astringency on entry — not as fierce as Lao Banzhang, yet it releases very fast; sweetness shows itself directly, the soup thick and full with a rich, resinous texture; swift, lasting salivation, the high-mountain character in the throat — cool, with no dryness.
SPECIFICATION
- Tea
- Raw Pu-erh · Workshop No.1 series
- Format
- 500g · batch 2026.04.12
- Region
- Menghai, Yunnan — Banpen
- Craft
- Sun-dried: withered, kill-green and rolled, then dried in sunlight — keeping the leaf alive to drink now or to age.
- Water
- 90–95°C; batches aged for years can take boiling water
- Brewing
- 110ml white porcelain gaiwan, 5g of leaf, boiling water fast in and fast out: decant immediately for the first infusions, then extend steeping a little each round. Young tea for freshness, aged tea can sit longer — it keeps going for many infusions.
PACKAGING
Two-tin carry pack · shipped per 500g unit
Dimensions: tins 130×88×205mm, carry bag 278×102×285mm (2 tins per bag). Food-grade tinplate tins; the reinforced bag bears weight and keeps the tea dark and dry — a gift you can carry along.
Capacity: 250g per tin, two tins, 500g in total. Orders are placed per 500g unit (one jin); each 500g ships as one set.
CARE
Store cool and dry, away from strong odors; raw pu-erh ages for years and grows rounder with time.
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