About Hai Lang Hao

[bryan_drinks_tea]

Before I ask any questions, I want to make it clear :
I understand that price does not always reflect quality, nor does appearance in all cases.


Is Hai Lang Hao worth it? Have any of you sampled these teas from them? I'm always interested in sampling, but I'm not willing to pay 15-20$ for a 6 month old sample.

Thanks all,

Bryan

[Serg]

I've tried a sample of Hai Lang Hao 2010 YiWu Cha Wan from Yunnan Sourcing. It was a very interesting experience. The tea is remarkable in many aspects. The tea has no smoky flavors at all. At last I found a young sheng with a clean aroma! The leaves are not pressed into a cake as usual. Instead they are rolled into strips (like Dan Cong) and then pressed into cake. So it's easier to get unbroken leaves. The leaves themselves are of deep green color with thick veins. The aroma and flavor are complex, with many layers. To me it's like a good full bodied sheng with an addition of Dan Cong flavor. It's very tasty to be brewed right now. But I just don't know if it's reasonable to age 200$ current year's cake considering that you can spoil it with wrong storage. Also I don't know if it's an example of good classic pu-erh because it's very different from usual 15-40$ cakes. I suppose it certainly won't hurt to try a sample. The tea is very interesting for sure. The drawback is that it just costs like a good oolong

[debunix]

To me it's like a good full bodied sheng with an addition of Dan Cong flavor. It's very tasty to be brewed right now. But I just don't know if it's reasonable to age 200$ current year's cake considering that you can spoil it with wrong storage.

Sounds like a great buy now, drink now tea. And sheng plus Dan Cong sounds fabulous.

[apache]

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The drawback is that it just costs like a good oolong

Then drink it like oolong.

Seriously, at the moment I'm hopelessly addicted to the 2008 Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E which is less than half the price of the Cha Wan, still fairly expensive. The other I tried are:
2002 Mengku (I'm not that impress)
2009 Mahei (a little bit rough)
2009 Lao Ban Zhang (o.k., I prefer 2008 Lao BZ & Man'E)
2009 Ban Zhang (my body doesn't agree)
2007 Bulang (my body doesn't agree either)

But again, you better have a better second opinion about all these.

[iannon]

...
The drawback is that it just costs like a good oolong

Then drink it like oolong.

Seriously, at the moment I'm hopelessly addicted to the 2008 Lao Ban Zhang & Man'E which is less than half the price of the Cha Wan, still fairly expensive. The other I tried are:
2002 Mengku (I'm not that impress)
2009 Mahei (a little bit rough)
2009 Lao Ban Zhang (o.k., I prefer 2008 Lao BZ & Man'E)
2009 Ban Zhang (my body doesn't agree)
2007 Bulang (my body doesn't agree either)

But again, you better have a better second opinion about all these.

I had the 2010 Cha Wang as well..25g sample...and really really lked it too! But not sure I liked it 150 dollars more than the YS Bu Lang or Gua Feng Zhai which I also really enjoyed...

[bryan_drinks_tea]

I think I will stick with more reasonably priced stuff. I may try a few of their teas just to get an idea, but nothing that is in the triple digits.