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Default Jujube Fragrant Brick - anyone heard of it?

You can plug ÔæÏãש which means "jujube flavored brick" into Google.
You get more hits using Chinese characters for Google searches for
this type of information. AFAIK jujube (Chinese date) is more of a
flavor than aroma. It is a medicinal used to reduce blood sugar. So
it's use with puer makes sense which makes that claim anyway. I would
guess you could see pieces in the leaf. I have a cooked 2000 jujube
brick somewhere which I haven't tried. My notes show ÓÀÐË Yong Xing
factory in Yunnan.

Jim

Jason F in Los Angeles wrote:
> Hey there. Another shot in the dark to see if anyone has heard of
> Jujube Fragrant pu-erh. I just got a brick in chinatown. Took me an
> hour or so on zhongwen to figure out what the characters meant. It says
> it's from "Xishuangbanna Menghai Yong Ming Tea Factory"
>
> The picture is he
> http://static.flickr.com/38/85111552_c5f8c63a2d_b.jpg
>
> I just had some gongfu style, 10s 20s 10s 30s. It's earthy and a little
> flat. It's very leaf-y, with lots of papery folds of leaf, and lots of
> twigs.
>
> Anyway, I didn't taste any hint of fruit or "jujube" after four
> infusions. Is this just a name or is there actually jujube fragrance in
> the tea? Hrm...