2005 Xiaguan Baoyan Brick

Name: 2005 Xiaguan Baoyan Brick

Year: 2005

Producer: Xiaguan Factory

Brand: Baoyan (lit. Treasure Flame)

Material: Blended tea material, the surface of brick grade 5 tea leaves, Huang Pian, stems, tea seed pods, inside of brick, fannings and other coarse materials.

Weight: 250 +/- grams

(2005 Xiaguan Baoyan Brick)

This kind of tea is known in China as “Border tea” since it was consumed in border areas. It is a traditional necessity for ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, other provinces and autonomous regions.

The tea material is coarse. The outer layer of the tea consists of fifth-grade tea leaves. Inside the tea brick, you can find coarser materials such as fannings.

Despite the unrefined tea material, this tea can be steeped multiple times and still produce a pleasant flavour. It does have some astringency, but the bitterness is almost gone because of its age and the storage conditions in Hong Kong. The classic smoky notes are still noticeable but milder than when the tea is young.

When you brew the tea, it has a thick tea soup. Huigan and shengjin are very pleasant.

Note: If you get one brick, we will wrap it in white paper.

About old teas: usually, the wrappers have holes since they are bug-bitten. You may also find tea oil stains. 

Commonly, the paper disintegrates over time. And dust appears between the cake and the wrapper. The dust could also be from the bamboo wrapper. You can remove this dust by blowing it out. The easiest way is to brush it off.

Also, note that there might be hair, tea pods and tiny stones/rocks. 

Please consider this before buying old compressed Puer teas!