A good friend of mine received a brick of pu’er about 15+ years ago from her tea-retailer friend in Taiwan. She first told me about it 2 years ago, but couldn’t find it for me to try. Turns out the tea was hiding in a cabinet she uses for books.
It is the 七三磚餅, “7 3 Brick” from the 1970s. I don’t know much about pu’er, so I looked it up in Chan Kam Pong’s intro to pu’er book and only found this tea in cake form.
The book is a useful guide for identification of teas, but there’s not much additional info about it. I contacted pu’er expert Daniel of Arts de Chine in Vancouver. He said that this brick was popular and well-known back in the day, but as to taste and quality of this particular brick, well, he would have to try it before being able to comment. After trying a bit of his blue label cake last last fall, I’m happy to oblige!
A tea friend gave me the catalog for a Beijing pu’er auction that was held a few days ago. The one on the bottom is the 7 3 brick – 4 bricks valued at 24,000 – 32,000 RMB.
What a present!
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