{"id":14305,"date":"2026-10-02T20:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/?page_id=14305"},"modified":"2026-10-02T22:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:57:32","slug":"vault","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/en\/vault\/","title":{"rendered":"Collector&#8217;s Vault"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n\/* \u73cd\u85cf\u5c08\u5340\u5fae\u8abf\uff08\u8001\u8336\u982d 10-02 \u4ee4\u00b7glm-5090\uff09\u2014\u2014banner\uff0f\u5c0e\u8a00\u6392\u7248\uff0f\u6975\u7c21\u5361\u9762\uff0bdialog \u8a73\u60c5\u5c64 *\/\nbody.page-id-14305 .page-hero {\n  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(28,19,11,.58), rgba(28,19,11,.42)),\n    url('https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Tea_Merchant_Smiling_Portrait-edited.jpg') center center \/ cover no-repeat;\n  color: #ffffff;\n}\nbody.page-id-14305 .page-hero .blog-breadcrumb a,\nbody.page-id-14305 .page-hero .blog-breadcrumb 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Vault<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ztv-lede\">This gallery presents twenty family-collector-grade Pu-erh treasures, each with its collection story and archive specification, marked with a Collection Threshold (Price on Inquiry).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ztv-lede\">The Collector&#8217;s Vault is a window for viewing and inquiry \u2014 not an online storefront; pieces proceed to the Auction Gallery preview and sale only after accumulated SVIP inquiries and consignment review.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ztv-lede ztv-lede-hint\">Click to view details<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"ztv-grid\">\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-001\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-001 Crab-Legs Seven-Cake Raw Pu-erh details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790769442\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-001_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-001 Crab-Legs Seven-Cake Raw Pu-erh cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-001 Crab-Legs Seven-Cake Raw Pu-erh<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-002\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-002 Grade-A Aged Raw Pu-erh \u00b7 Green Print details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790614973\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-002_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-002 Grade-A Aged Raw Pu-erh \u00b7 Green Print cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-002 Grade-A Aged Raw Pu-erh \u00b7 Green Print<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-003\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-003 Year-2000 Red Print Aged Raw Pu-erh details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615015\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-003_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-003 Year-2000 Red Print Aged Raw Pu-erh cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-003 Year-2000 Red Print Aged Raw Pu-erh<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-007\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-007 Legacy \u00b7 Yu Zhengcai 999g Commemorative Cake details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615027\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-007_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-007 Legacy \u00b7 Yu Zhengcai 999g Commemorative Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-007 Legacy \u00b7 Yu Zhengcai 999g Commemorative Cake<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-008\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-008 Zhongcha Red Print Brick details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615018\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-008_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-008 Zhongcha Red Print Brick cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-008 Zhongcha Red Print Brick<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-010\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-010 Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea \u00b7 Reserve details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615036\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-010_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-010 Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea \u00b7 Reserve cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-010 Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea \u00b7 Reserve<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-011\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-011 Intangible-Heritage Che Shun Hao details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615038\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-011_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-011 Intangible-Heritage Che Shun Hao cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-011 Intangible-Heritage Che Shun Hao<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-012\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-012 Haiwan Zou Bingliang Signed \u00b7 Menghai Wild Tea details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615030\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-012_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-012 Haiwan Zou Bingliang Signed \u00b7 Menghai Wild Tea cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-012 Haiwan Zou Bingliang Signed \u00b7 Menghai Wild Tea<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-013\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-013 Zhongcha Banzhang Blue Print details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790769480\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-013_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-013 Zhongcha Banzhang Blue Print cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-013 Zhongcha Banzhang Blue Print<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-014\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-014 Long Xiang Ji Red Print details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790769483\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-014_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-014 Long Xiang Ji Red Print cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-014 Long Xiang Ji Red Print<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-015\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-015 Tong Qing Hao Blue Ticket Nude Cake details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615041\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-015_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-015 Tong Qing Hao Blue Ticket Nude Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-015 Tong Qing Hao Blue Ticket Nude Cake<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-016\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-016 Macau Hua Lian Fortune-God Banzhang details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615047\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-016_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-016 Macau Hua Lian Fortune-God Banzhang cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-016 Macau Hua Lian Fortune-God Banzhang<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-017\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-017 1996 Tea Research Institute \"Yun Tea\" Raw Cake details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615033\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-017_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-017 1996 Tea Research Institute \"Yun Tea\" Raw Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-017 1996 Tea Research Institute &#8220;Yun Tea&#8221; Raw Cake<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-018\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-018 Vietnam-Postmark Cake \u00b7 Front + Back details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615049\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-018_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-018 Vietnam-Postmark Cake \u00b7 Front + Back cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-018 Vietnam-Postmark Cake \u00b7 Front + Back<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-020\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-020 Zhongcha Yellow Print 2004-7542 details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615024\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-020_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-020 Zhongcha Yellow Print 2004-7542 cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-020 Zhongcha Yellow Print 2004-7542<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-022\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-022 Nanjiao Peacock Cake details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615052\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-022_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-022 Nanjiao Peacock Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-022 Nanjiao Peacock Cake<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-023\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-023 Shengshi Che Shun Hao \u00b7 Spring Tip details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615044\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-023_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-023 Shengshi Che Shun Hao \u00b7 Spring Tip cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-023 Shengshi Che Shun Hao \u00b7 Spring Tip<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-024\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-024 Blue Print Iron Cake \u00b7 Taiwan Edition details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615062\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-024_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-024 Blue Print Iron Cake \u00b7 Taiwan Edition cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-024 Blue Print Iron Cake \u00b7 Taiwan Edition<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-025\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-025 Buddha-Fate Caravan Witness Cakes \u00d72 + Certificate details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615065\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-025_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-025 Buddha-Fate Caravan Witness Cakes \u00d72 + Certificate cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-025 Buddha-Fate Caravan Witness Cakes \u00d72 + Certificate<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<article class=\"ztv-card\" data-dlg=\"dlg-ca-026\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View CA-026 1980s Wild Camphor-Aroma Border-Market Iron Cake details\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615068\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-026_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-026 1980s Wild Camphor-Aroma Border-Market Iron Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-026 1980s Wild Camphor-Aroma Border-Market Iron Cake<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"ztv-hint\">Click to view details<\/span><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><dialog id=\"dlg-ca-001\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-001 Crab-Legs Seven-Cake Raw Pu-erh details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790769442\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-001_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-001 Crab-Legs Seven-Cake Raw Pu-erh cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-001 Crab-Legs Seven-Cake Raw Pu-erh<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2003 (label)\uff5cPressed: unlabeled\uff5cRepack: Gudao Tea Factory, Pu&#8217;er<\/p>\n<p>This cake belongs to the first export batch of Zhongcha &#8220;Crab-Legs&#8221; seven-cakes, the earliest entry in this family collection. Its wrapper carries the classic &#8220;Eight-Zhong&#8221; design \u2014 a tea character encircled \u2014 an icon of China&#8217;s tea-export history. A red square seal reads &#8220;Crab Legs&#8221; (Korthalsella lobbii), a mistletoe known as &#8220;tea crab&#8221; that grows only on aged tea trees; its presence is a natural indicator of ecological purity, and in Jingmai and Bulang tea gardens it is traditionally picked by Bulang and Dai communities to brew alongside or apart from the tea. The label records raw material of 2003, repacked by Gudao Tea Factory in Pu&#8217;er with a second inspection before release. At twenty-three years of material age, this cake stands where medicinal aroma begins to rise \u2014 the golden entry segment of the aging curve. Oil stains and paper darkening on the wrapper mark the quiet work of time. Originally cellared in Kunming, Yunnan, then relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw (sheng)<\/li>\n<li>357g\u00b1<\/li>\n<li>SC11453080222520<\/li>\n<li>Wrapper: &#8220;Eight-Zhong&#8221; tea-character mark + red square seal &#8220;Crab Legs&#8221; + blank handwritten sticker<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper lightly damaged at edge (leaf visible)<\/li>\n<li>Remark: neifei inner-ticket photography pending<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: pending assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-002\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-002 Grade-A Aged Raw Pu-erh \u00b7 Green Print details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790614973\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-002_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-002 Grade-A Aged Raw Pu-erh \u00b7 Green Print cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-002 Grade-A Aged Raw Pu-erh \u00b7 Green Print<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Handwritten sticker &#8220;1990s&#8221; \/ label &#8220;material 1980s&#8221; \u2014 dual provenance recorded as-is\uff5cPressed 2022-06-18<\/p>\n<p>A core member of this collection. The wrapper&#8217;s arcing red characters &#8220;China Tea Corporation&#8221; and green Eight-Zhong mark revive the vocabulary of the 1950s Grade-A Round Cake \u2014 a revival aesthetic, unrelated to tea age. A handwritten red sticker notes &#8220;1990s Grade-A Aged Raw&#8221;; the reverse label records material gathered in the 1980s, pressed June 2022 by Yunnan Zhongcha&#8217;s Menghai factory. Both vintages are recorded as they stand: collector&#8217;s note from the 90s, factory declaration from the 80s \u2014 adjacent decades, both true, final vintage awaiting the neifei. Material pressed after nearly four decades of cellaring begins its transformation from a high plateau; by the saying &#8220;thirty years to the summit,&#8221; this cake already stands within old-tea territory. The Grade-A designation belongs to the pre-national-standard grading tradition of the Zhongcha system. Red Print, Green Print, Snow Print, 88 Qing, 8582 \u2014 the acknowledged Menghai star lineage. Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong \u2014 the classic mid-age aging path.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Yunnan Zhongcha Tea Co. Menghai Factory<\/li>\n<li>SC11453282245726 (light-print 151727\/151731 as recorded)<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper lightly creased, some characters obscured<\/li>\n<li>Note: vintage pending neifei verification; **not in first auction consignment before finalization**<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (Grade-A line + aged material fresh-pressed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-003\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-003 Year-2000 Red Print Aged Raw Pu-erh details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615015\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-003_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-003 Year-2000 Red Print Aged Raw Pu-erh cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-003 Year-2000 Red Print Aged Raw Pu-erh<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2000-04-18\uff5cPressed 2022-06-18<\/p>\n<p>The Red Print is the head classic of the print-grade lineage. This cake&#8217;s label records material gathered April 2000 and pressing June 2022 \u2014 a pair of dates twenty-two years apart. The year 2000 marks the watershed when Pu-erh turned from the diaspora-trade tradition toward the mainland collecting market; material from this segment is now regarded as prime mid-age stock. Cakes of this period are noted in market records for sweet, full-bodied liquor \u2014 testimony to the cellaring value of millennium-era material. At twenty-six years of material age the cake climbs the long slope from &#8220;medicine at ten years&#8221; toward &#8220;summit at thirty,&#8221; its transformation now stabilized after 2022 pressing. The &#8220;YUNNAN CHITSU PINGCHA&#8221; panel and rich bilingual wrapper make it a fine specimen of the contemporary print-revival wave \u2014 visual memory of the print grades, aged-material depth, and modern repack standards meeting on one cake.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Yunnan Zhongcha Menghai Factory<\/li>\n<li>sc11453282243728<\/li>\n<li>Wrapper: Red-Print-style paper + &#8220;YUNNAN CHITSU PINGCHA&#8221; English panel + handwritten red sticker<\/li>\n<li>Note: red gift-box set context<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact (shrink-wrapped)<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-007\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-007 Legacy \u00b7 Yu Zhengcai 999g Commemorative Cake details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615027\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-007_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-007 Legacy \u00b7 Yu Zhengcai 999g Commemorative Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-007 Legacy \u00b7 Yu Zhengcai 999g Commemorative Cake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2016\uff5cPressed 2023-11-15 (red inkjet)<\/p>\n<p>A 999-gram commemorative cake and a signature work of portrait-tea: the wrapper folds a tea master&#8217;s lifetime into one biography. The golden timeline begins &#8220;1937, born in Guangdong,&#8221; notes tea studies at Dali Agricultural College in 1956, and graduation in 1959 to the Menghai Tea Factory \u2014 the &#8220;Whampoa Military Academy of Pu-erh.&#8221; By 1983 Yu Zhengcai served as party secretary and deputy director of technology; the 1988 entry records the planting of the Bada and Bulang mountain tea estates and participation in the benchmark 8582 recipe \u2014 the cake later crowned &#8220;88 Qing.&#8221; Further entries credit the 92 square brick, the 88 Qing cake, and the Peacock raw cake; in 2005 he founded Yuyuan Tea Factory as the industry entered its group-corporation era. The state-era Menghai factory drew fine one-bud-two-leaf material from its own Bada and Bulang estates \u2014 the estate strategy behind stable, high-grade recipes. Four commemorative layers stack here: non-standard 999g, edition of 699, relief plaque, handwritten signature. Material 2016 now stands ten years old \u2014 crossing &#8220;treasure at seven&#8221; toward &#8220;medicine at ten.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake in wooden casket<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>999g (non-standard)<\/li>\n<li>Publisher: Yunnan Yunke Ancient-Tree Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>Maker: Xishuangbanna Yuyuan Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>SC11453282215557<\/li>\n<li>Features: biography-timeline wrapper + &#8220;Legacy&#8221; calligraphy + hand signature + edition of 699 + casket plaque + YP\u00ae mark + portrait<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact (photographed on gold velvet)<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (portrait tea + limited + non-standard)<\/li>\n<li>Line: portrait tea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-008\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-008 Zhongcha Red Print Brick details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615018\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-008_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-008 Zhongcha Red Print Brick cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-008 Zhongcha Red Print Brick<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 1980s (label)\uff5cPressed: unlabeled<\/p>\n<p>The brick transplants the round cake&#8217;s seal motif onto a rectangular form \u2014 an extension of Zhongcha wrapper vocabulary across formats. The reverse label records 1980s material, 500 grams, repacked by Gudao Tea Factory with second inspection. Two keywords set its position: 500 grams, a non-standard format; and 1980s material \u2014 four decades old, already within the &#8220;thirty-years-to-summit&#8221; peak segment. Bricks were born for the road: compact and stackable, they rode the Tea Horse Road where round cakes would roll; pressed harder in wooden or iron moulds, they transform more slowly \u2014 the slow-aging route. The 357-gram cake itself derives from the seven-cake tally (one tong of seven, twelve tong to the load), a system inherited from Qing-era tea houses; the 500-gram brick steps outside that frame as an independent quantification, naturally scarcer. The dual signatories \u2014 material factory and repack factory, each responsible on one label \u2014 mark the repack system of the 2000s. Round seal on square brick: an &#8220;round-heaven, square-earth&#8221; design note.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Brick<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>500g\u00b1 (non-standard)<\/li>\n<li>Gudao Tea Factory, Pu&#8217;er repack<\/li>\n<li>SC11453080222520<\/li>\n<li>Features: red round-seal motif + Eight-Zhong mark + red border + reverse white label<\/li>\n<li>Note: pressing year unlabeled (material 1980s per label)<\/li>\n<li>Condition: crisp impression, label complete<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-010\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-010 Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea \u00b7 Reserve details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615036\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-010_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-010 Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea \u00b7 Reserve cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-010 Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea \u00b7 Reserve<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2004\uff5cPressed: unlabeled<\/p>\n<p>A heavyweight of the mountain-origin line. The wrapper pairs arcing red characters &#8220;Banzhang Arbor Ecological Tea Cake&#8221; with its English rendering, a green &#8220;CERTIFIED ORGANIC OFDC SEPA&#8221; roundel, and a 1995-series processing certificate number. OFDC \u2014 the Nanjing Organic Certification Center \u2014 is China&#8217;s authoritative organic body; in the early-2000s Yunnan tea scene such certification was scarce, earned through soil, process, and traceability audits. Banzhang itself needs little introduction: Lao Banzhang village in Bulang township, Menghai county, 1,700\u20131,900 meters, a Hani settlement dating (by record) to 1476; its five villages command the &#8220;tea king&#8221; reputation for forceful cha-qi and wild-mountain character. Organic certification layered on the Banzhang name makes double scarcity \u2014 ecology, mountain, and certification on one verifiable quality chain. The reverse label records 400 grams, material 2004, repacked by Gudao Tea Factory. At twenty-two years the cake runs steadily in the &#8220;medicine at ten years&#8221; segment with the long slope of &#8220;thirty years to summit&#8221; still ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>400g\u00b1 (non-standard)<\/li>\n<li>Menghai Tea Factory issue; Gudao Tea Factory repack<\/li>\n<li>SC11453080222520<\/li>\n<li>Features: OFDC organic medallion + 1995-series processing certificate no. + &#8220;Reserve&#8221; + &#8220;Yi&#8221; \u00ae mark + arced English maker name<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (Banzhang + early organic + non-standard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-011\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-011 Intangible-Heritage Che Shun Hao details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615038\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-011_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-011 Intangible-Heritage Che Shun Hao cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-011 Intangible-Heritage Che Shun Hao<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 1990s\uff5cRepacked 2024<\/p>\n<p>This wrapper deliberately mimics the antique: a vertical multi-column prospectus in the manner of Qing-era tea-house notices, signed &#8220;Respectfully, the Master of Che Shun Hao,&#8221; stamped with a black square &#8220;Original Auction Piece&#8221; and a round &#8220;Reference Sample Tea&#8221; seal. Che Shun Hao is an old Yiwu house. The tribute-map context: of the six ancient tea mountains, &#8220;Yiwu holds half a mountain&#8221; \u2014 some 750 square kilometres woven from seven villages and eight stockaded hamlets; in 1744 the court entered Pu-erh into the Tribute Register, Yiwu was appointed the tribute procurement ground, and the &#8220;Tribute to the Dynasty&#8221; plaque stands as the historical credential of that honour \u2014 the very plaque Che Shun Hao&#8217;s name is tied to. The label records 1990s material repacked 2024 by Yunnan Yiye Tea Co. Vintage-brand replica over 1990s material \u2014 thirty-plus years of age, at the entrance of the summit segment. The reference-sample seal marks this batch&#8217;s specimen character within the repack system; the &#8220;non-sale&#8221; heading and its original label vocabulary belong to the piece&#8217;s circulation history \u2014 a separate matter from present auction eligibility, pending source confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Yunnan Yiye Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>SC11453010300141<\/li>\n<li>Features: antique-style vertical &#8220;fangdan&#8221; prospectus + &#8220;Intangible-Heritage Tea \/ Vintage-Grade Treasure&#8221; + &#8220;Che Shun Hao Master&#8221; + reference-sample seal<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-012\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-012 Haiwan Zou Bingliang Signed \u00b7 Menghai Wild Tea details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615030\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-012_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-012 Haiwan Zou Bingliang Signed \u00b7 Menghai Wild Tea cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-012 Haiwan Zou Bingliang Signed \u00b7 Menghai Wild Tea<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: 2005-04-18 (wrapper date; material &amp; press)<\/p>\n<p>On the wrapper, the four characters &#8220;Supervised by Zou Bingliang&#8221; beside a hand-signed name. In portrait-tea collecting a signature is a craftsman&#8217;s guarantee in ink. Zou Bingliang, former director of the Menghai Tea Factory, steered the house through its golden age: the 7542 benchmark recipe \u2014 &#8220;the yardstick of raw Pu-erh&#8221; \u2014 took form there, and from the 1970s onward he led the factory&#8217;s pile-fermentation craft to mastery, the &#8220;Menghai flavour&#8221; ripe-tea lineage (7572 its classic type) becoming the trade&#8217;s benchmark. The 8582 and other classics belong to the same era under his hand; the trade honours him as a founding master of wo dui fermentation. In 1999 he founded Haiwan Tea Industry, the &#8220;Lao Tong Zhi&#8221; brand carrying the Menghai style onward. This cake \u2014 wrapper reading &#8220;Menghai Remote Forested Mountains Wild Tea&#8221; \u2014 unites wild-material declaration, master supervision, and an exact date: the most completely documented face in the portrait-tea group. Small worm-holes in the wrapper are the honest diary of natural cellaring, kin to the oil stains of time. Pressed 2005, now twenty-one years old.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>Weight: unlabeled<\/li>\n<li>Maker: China Yunnan Anning Haiwan Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>Features: &#8220;Supervised by Zou Bingliang&#8221; + hand signature (out of print) + &#8220;Menghai Wild Tea&#8221; + green fretwork border<\/li>\n<li>Condition: worm-holes in wrapper \u2014 natural marks of age<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (out-of-print signature + portrait tea + wild line)<\/li>\n<li>Line: portrait tea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-013\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-013 Zhongcha Banzhang Blue Print details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790769480\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-013_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-013 Zhongcha Banzhang Blue Print cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-013 Zhongcha Banzhang Blue Print<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2003\uff5cPressed\/Repacked 2024-05-21<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Banzhang Blue Print&#8221; (colloquially &#8220;Guimian Lan&#8221;) wears a spare, classic face: blue characters arc around the round \u2014 &#8220;Corporation,&#8221; &#8220;China Tea,&#8221; &#8220;Yunnan Provincial Company,&#8221; &#8220;Zhongcha Brand Round Cake&#8221; \u2014 around a blue Eight-Zhong mark, with &#8220;Ban \u00b7 Zhang&#8221; set in a small blue frame below. The Blue Print takes its name from the blue tea-character, third colour beside the Red and Green prints in the print-grade chromatic line. Lao Banzhang lies deep in Bulang township near the Myanmar border: founded (by record) in 1476, Hani settlers who \u2014 the telling goes \u2014 received their land from the earlier Blang of Lao Man&#8217;e; fog over a hundred days a year, rich soils, intact native vegetation \u2014 the physical floor of the &#8220;tea king&#8221; terroir. Banzhang tea is known for cha-qi: bitterness that resolves quickly, a returning sweetness that surges. The label records material 2003 \u2014 the very eve of Banzhang&#8217;s rise to fame \u2014 repacked May 2024. At twenty-three years the cake runs in the &#8220;medicine at ten years&#8221; segment. Blue-Print style over Banzhang bloodline: a style-and-mountain dual-line archive piece.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g\u00b1<\/li>\n<li>Yunnan Fuluxiang Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>SC11453010300660<\/li>\n<li>Features: Blue-Print arced layout + blue Eight-Zhong mark + &#8220;Ban \u00b7 Zhang&#8221; blue frame seal<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (Banzhang origin + Blue-Print style)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-014\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-014 Long Xiang Ji Red Print details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790769483\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-014_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-014 Long Xiang Ji Red Print cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-014 Long Xiang Ji Red Print<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material: unlabeled (left blank as recorded)\uff5cPressed 2008-04-20 (red inkjet)\uff5cCycle-year: Wuzi year, Spring (wrapper)<\/p>\n<p>A face apart. The Shanxi merchants \u2014 the great trading houses of the Ming-Qing tea frontier \u2014 ran their tea houses on &#8220;house-name credit,&#8221; and this wrapper speaks that aesthetic: &#8220;Long Xiang Ji&#8221; in vertical hand, &#8220;Red Print&#8221; beneath, the cycle-year Wuzi (2008) with a &#8220;Spring&#8221; seal, &#8220;Produced by Jin Long Xiang Ji Tea House,&#8221; a woodcut figure at centre, water waves below \u2014 the &#8220;tea-boat road&#8221; motif. The licence pair on the reverse \u2014 a local-standard DB\/TM101-2003 and an old-format hygiene licence of 2005 \u2014 records the very years the licensing system changed over, a documentary specimen of that transition. The &#8220;Jin&#8221; character points to the Shanxi origin; the &#8220;Ji&#8221; suffix is the Shanxi house-naming convention. Pressed 2008, now eighteen years old. A cultural-commemorative line in contemporary revival of the Shanxi tea-house style \u2014 where the house name itself stood surety for the tea.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Maker: Menghai Tianming Tea Factory<\/li>\n<li>Licence: \u6ec7\u885b\u98df\u5b57(2005) No.5300587 (old-format licence as recorded)<\/li>\n<li>Features: Shanxi-merchant ticket-house layout + figure woodcut + &#8220;Long Xiang Ji&#8221; + water-wave border<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact (reverse label visible)<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class II (cultural commemorative style)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-015\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-015 Tong Qing Hao Blue Ticket Nude Cake details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615041\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-015_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-015 Tong Qing Hao Blue Ticket Nude Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-015 Tong Qing Hao Blue Ticket Nude Cake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material: unlabeled (blank as recorded)\uff5cPressed: unlabeled<\/p>\n<p>A nude cake \u2014 wrapper removed, body bare \u2014 travelling with its blue neipiao ticket: a living textbook of the vintage-brand line. The ticket&#8217;s twin-lion-and-globe crest and four roundel characters belong to the classic Tong Qing Hao format; the house was founded in 1736 (Yongzheng 13) by Liu Hancheng of Shiping at Yiwu, among the region&#8217;s earliest tea houses; the &#8220;Dragon-Horse&#8221; ticket gave way to the &#8220;Twin-Lion&#8221; design around 1920 \u2014 the crest before you carries that later bloodline. The format follows the Twin-Lion period; the actual production year is left to authentication. A red-paper hand inscription &#8220;Yongle Twin-Lion Tong Qing&#8221; rides the ticket&#8217;s edge beside the printed text \u2014 handwritten mark over print, year unstated. Tong Qing Hao is a heavily counterfeited name; the archive principle here is strict: record as found, leave the year blank, conjecture nothing. In the vintage-brand system the neipiao is far more than an instruction sheet \u2014 brand narrative and anti-forgery credential at once; with the wrapper gone it is this piece&#8217;s sole identity document, the spine of its provenance.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Nude cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>Weight: unstated (ticket unlabeled)<\/li>\n<li>Features: blue neipiao ticket (twin-lion-and-globe crest + four roundel characters + vertical text) + red-paper hand inscription &#8220;Yongle Twin-Lion Tong Qing&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Note: vintage deliberately left blank (Tong Qing line is date-sensitive); third-party authentication recommended<\/li>\n<li>Condition: reverse visible (nude cake + ticket face)<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (vintage-brand ticket piece)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-016\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-016 Macau Hua Lian Fortune-God Banzhang details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615047\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-016_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-016 Macau Hua Lian Fortune-God Banzhang cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-016 Macau Hua Lian Fortune-God Banzhang<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2004 (jia-shen year)\uff5cPressed\/Repacked 2025-09-13 (final digit read at close range; dual reading 13\/8 recorded as-is)<\/p>\n<p>The representative of the Hong Kong\u2013Macau diaspora line in this collection. The face is festive and grand: &#8220;Macau Hua Lian&#8221; with &#8220;Selected Premium Banzhang,&#8221; the seal-script characters &#8220;Fortune&#8221; and &#8220;God&#8221; flanking a Fortune-God woodcut, six columns of blessing verse, three gold coins below, a laser hologram for good measure \u2014 the marriage of diaspora festive culture and Pu-erh collecting. The jia-shen year marks 2004. The reverse label records material 2004, 357g, produced by Yunnan Suisheng Tea Co., repacked 2025 (final digit read at close range; both readings recorded as-found), bearing the line &#8220;second inspection passed \u2014 approved for resale.&#8221; Ripe tea ages by its own saying \u2014 &#8220;three years to settle the fire, ten to mellowness, twenty to transformation&#8221; \u2014 and at twenty-two years this cake stands at the door of transformation: the golden window of ripe-tea collecting. Banzhang material through ripening craft: mountain origin married to fermentation. In Hong Kong tea houses such a cake is a familiar guest \u2014 warm, smooth, at home with dim sum.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Ripe<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Producer: Yunnan Suisheng Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>SC11453010104808<\/li>\n<li>Features: Fortune-God woodcut + seal-script &#8220;Fortune God&#8221; + six-column blessing verses + laser hologram roundel + gold-coin motifs<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class II (diaspora line + Banzhang ripe + cultural print)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-017\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-017 1996 Tea Research Institute \"Yun Tea\" Raw Cake details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615033\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-017_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-017 1996 Tea Research Institute \"Yun Tea\" Raw Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-017 1996 Tea Research Institute &#8220;Yun Tea&#8221; Raw Cake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 1996\uff5cPressed 2005-04-29<\/p>\n<p>The sole specimen of the research-institute line in this collection. The reverse label opens with the oval &#8220;Yun Tea&#8221; mark and a quality panel \u2014 the tea made from fine sun-dried maocha of Menghai county, &#8220;plump strands, mellow taste, distinctive aroma, ever-better with age,&#8221; a pollution-free health food &#8220;of high collecting value&#8221; \u2014 issued jointly by the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences&#8217; Tea Research Institute and the Xishuangbanna Pu-erh Tea Research Institute with Menghai Yun Tea Technology Co.: a rare endorsing combination in Pu-erh archives. A red handwritten label in a former collector&#8217;s hand records an open-tea tasting: &#8220;pressed 1996 by the Tea Research Institute\u2026 now showing ginseng-and-medicinal aroma, silky soup, fine returning sweetness \u2014 a treasure among aged raw.&#8221; Those notes answer the aging canon \u2014 &#8220;medicine at ten, summit at thirty&#8221; \u2014 from the taster&#8217;s own cup: institute issue, tasting testimony, and aging curve converging on one cake. An English panel (&#8220;Yun-tea Serial Pu Erh Tea\u2026&#8221;, right-edge cut as found) shows the institute&#8217;s bilingual instinct.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Issued: Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences Tea Research Institute \/ Xishuangbanna Pu-erh Tea Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Produced: Menghai Yun Tea Technology Co.<\/li>\n<li>Standard DB53\/10-2006<\/li>\n<li>Features: &#8220;Yun Tea&#8221; oval mark + quality-characteristic panel + English paragraph + red handwritten tasting-note label<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (research-institute line + aged material)<\/li>\n<li>Line: research institute<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-018\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-018 Vietnam-Postmark Cake \u00b7 Front + Back details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615049\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-018_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-018 Vietnam-Postmark Cake \u00b7 Front + Back cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-018 Vietnam-Postmark Cake \u00b7 Front + Back<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 1990s (faint label)\uff5cPressed 2024-04-11 (faint)<\/p>\n<p>One cake, photographed front and back, united under a single number. The face carries a round Hanoi postmark dated 10-10-1995 and a Vietnamese &#8220;World Cultural Heritage&#8221; commemorative stamping of 10\/2017 \u2014 two moments, thirty years apart, sharing one wrapper. The reverse label, faint from print and handling, is recorded strictly as-found: Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried maocha, 357g, a Menghai township (Manwei village) address, 1990s material, pressed April 2024 \u2014 maker name and product name awaiting physical re-read, nothing forced. The postmark&#8217;s cause is left open \u2014 old-stock wrapper reuse or a marking somewhere along its circulation \u2014 recorded with doubt as-found, no conjecture. Three anchor points stand: Manwei village in Menghai town, 1990s material, 2024 pressing \u2014 the &#8220;aged material, fresh-pressed&#8221; pattern, the same structure as CA-003. The Hanoi mark speaks of the border-trade reopening of the early 1990s, when Yunnan tea moved south again through Hekou and Lao Cai \u2014 the stamp is not the factory&#8217;s, but circulation&#8217;s own archive written on the wrapper.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake (wrapped)<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g (label, legible)<\/li>\n<li>Maker: &#8220;Menghai \u25a1 Tea Factory&#8221; (final character faint, left blank)<\/li>\n<li>Licence: middle segment 53282241020 partially legible<\/li>\n<li>Features: front Hanoi postmark (10-10-1995) + twin-dragon temple seal + Vietnamese World-Heritage mark (10\/2017); reverse white label faint throughout<\/li>\n<li>Note: maker\/product name awaiting physical re-read; auction record to follow (piece carries auction record \u2014 provenance upgraded to lead piece)<\/li>\n<li>Condition: both faces visible<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class II (90s material fresh-pressed + diaspora lead + postmark provenance)<\/li>\n<li>Line: diaspora<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-020\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-020 Zhongcha Yellow Print 2004-7542 details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615024\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-020_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-020 Zhongcha Yellow Print 2004-7542 cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-020 Zhongcha Yellow Print 2004-7542<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2004 (reverse label, confirmed)\uff5cPressed\/Repacked 2025-09-13<\/p>\n<p>One cake, two faces: the wrapper in the early China National Native Produce &amp; Animal By-Products (CNATS) style; the reverse label naming &#8220;2004-7542 Zang Yin.&#8221; The Yellow Print takes its name from the tea character printed in yellow inside the Eight-Zhong ring, a small red &#8220;Banzhang&#8221; set beneath \u2014 a quiet origin note from the years before Banzhang became a market watchword; that contrast between modest mark and today&#8217;s fame is itself a twenty-year\u7e2e\u5f71 miniature of the Pu-erh market. &#8220;7542&#8221; is the trade&#8217;s open code: recipe fixed 1975, fourth recipe, Menghai factory. The famed &#8220;88 Qing&#8221; \u2014 the 7542 of 1988\u201392, cellared in Hong Kong and risen to legend \u2014 is the narrow sense; the broad sense runs to the mid-90s siblings. Market note: 88 Qing has stayed firm, setting the benchmark (as of Sept 2026). The Yellow Print&#8217;s blend is regarded in the trade as a forerunner of the 7542 line \u2014 this cake, its yellow mark and 7542 naming on one paper, sits squarely on that bloodline. CNATS was the official export channel of the planned-economy decades; &#8220;Tea &amp; Livestock&#8221; on the label is the era&#8217;s own signature. Material 2004: twenty-two years old, in the &#8220;medicine at ten&#8221; segment. Recipe is flavour&#8217;s gene; year is aging&#8217;s coordinate.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Brand\/channel: Zhongcha (China National Native Produce &amp; Animal By-Products Imp. &amp; Exp. Corp., Yunnan Tea Branch)<\/li>\n<li>Producer: Yunnan Suisheng Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>SC11453010104888<\/li>\n<li>Features: yellow Eight-Zhong mark + red chain-ring border + small &#8220;Banzhang&#8221; mark + &#8220;YUNNAN CHI TSE BEENG CHA&#8221; arc + bilingual CNATS panel; reverse white label (&#8220;Zang Yin&#8221; naming + 7542 recipe line)<\/li>\n<li>Condition: both faces visible, wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (Banzhang mark + CNATS style + 7542 recipe + 2004 material)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-022\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-022 Nanjiao Peacock Cake details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615052\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-022_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-022 Nanjiao Peacock Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-022 Nanjiao Peacock Cake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2004\uff5cPressed\/Repacked 2025-09-13<\/p>\n<p>The peacock is the noble totem of Pu-erh wrapper art. This &#8220;Nanjiao Peacock Cake&#8221; spreads its display across the centre \u2014 first character of the title partly hidden by the motif, recorded as-found \u2014 with the printed line &#8220;Rich Taste, Sweet Returning Sweetness&#8221; in red, archaic arc characters &#8220;Peacock Tea Cake&#8221; below, and the maker line &#8220;China Yunnan Xishuangbanna Menghai Nanjiao Tea Industry&#8221; along the base. Nanjiao town, Menghai county: a local mainstay of the Menghai tea zone, its material bloodline close to the Menghai core. The peacock series belongs to the brand-building wave of local factories around the millennium \u2014 the display-feather composition giving a 357-gram face something like poster drama, instantly identifiable among its peers. The reverse labels (two identical, recorded as found) note material 2004, 357g, Suisheng repack, second inspection before resale. At twenty-two years the cake runs in the &#8220;medicine at ten&#8221; segment. Peacock editions vary in feather-count and type-setting \u2014 the details collectors use to date and authenticate; this face is complete enough to serve as a working specimen of peacock-chart study.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Issue: Menghai Nanjiao Tea Factory (base arc)<\/li>\n<li>Producer: Yunnan Suisheng Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>SC11453010104888<\/li>\n<li>Features: full-display peacock motif + &#8220;Rich Taste, Sweet Return&#8221; in red + archaic arc characters + bilingual maker line<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class II (Peacock series + 2004 material)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-023\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-023 Shengshi Che Shun Hao \u00b7 Spring Tip details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615044\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-023_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-023 Shengshi Che Shun Hao \u00b7 Spring Tip cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-023 Shengshi Che Shun Hao \u00b7 Spring Tip<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2003\uff5cPressed 2024-01-01\uff5cBatch: 20060405 (collection certificate)<\/p>\n<p>A second work of the Che Shun Hao line \u2014 same house, different batch. The large brown-gold wrapper reads &#8220;Shengshi Che Shun Hao Round Cake \u00b7 Spring Tip&#8221; with a red &#8220;Heritage House&#8221; seal, &#8220;Yiwu Old House,&#8221; the heading &#8220;From the Tea Horse Road \u2014 an Old Pu-erh House,&#8221; &#8220;old-tree head-spring selected picking,&#8221; a collection certificate naming batch 20060405, three craft woodcuts, &#8220;Yiwu Zhenshan \u00b7 Tribute to the Dynasty&#8221; across the base, and a black flourish: &#8220;Yunnan&#8217;s Calling Card.&#8221; Yiwu&#8217;s tribute history is the ground this cake stands on: entered in the Tribute Register in 1744, the tribute era lasting two centuries, the &#8220;Tribute to the Dynasty&#8221; plaque its standing proof. &#8220;Zhenshan&#8221; names the core; &#8220;Spring Tip&#8221; names the picking \u2014 the fine head-spring buds before Qingming, the tribute tradition of &#8220;taking the finest&#8221; carried into contemporary revival craft. The label records material 2003 pressed January 2024 by Tongqingtang. At twenty-three years, in the &#8220;medicine at ten&#8221; segment.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Maker: Menghai County Tongqingtang Tea Co. (&#8220;limited company&#8221; as printed on label)<\/li>\n<li>SC1145322232092<\/li>\n<li>Features: &#8220;Shengshi Che Shun Hao Round Cake \u00b7 Spring Tip&#8221; + &#8220;Heritage House&#8221; red frame seal + &#8220;Yiwu Old House&#8221; + three craft woodcuts + &#8220;Tribute to the Dynasty&#8221; + &#8220;Yunnan Calling Card&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (Yiwu Zhenshan + vintage-brand line)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-024\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-024 Blue Print Iron Cake \u00b7 Taiwan Edition details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615062\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-024_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-024 Blue Print Iron Cake \u00b7 Taiwan Edition cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-024 Blue Print Iron Cake \u00b7 Taiwan Edition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 2000\uff5cPressed 2008-12-25<\/p>\n<p>The archive question here is a single character. The wrapper&#8217;s hand sticker reads in the Red-Print manner; the white label names &#8220;Blue Print Iron Cake, Taiwan-Market Edition, Pu-erh (Raw).&#8221; The two renderings of the same sound \u2014 one reading &#8221; roast-to-Taiwan,&#8221; one a personal-mark reading \u2014 are kept side by side as found; naming follows the object, and no conclusion is drawn before the physical check. What is certain is the format: an iron cake pressed tighter and thinner than a\u6ce1\u9905 loose-press, keeping aroma in and transformation slow \u2014 the slow-aging route; under the same material the iron cake clearly trails the loose-press, its peak postponed. The label records material 2000, pressed Christmas Day 2008 by Tongqingtang. At twenty-six years the cake stands deep in the &#8220;medicine at ten&#8221; segment, its summit further out for the pressing. The Taiwan context: the island&#8217;s aged-tea taste \u2014 tight cakes built for the long sea crossing and slow, deliberate drinking; the &#8220;Taiwan edition&#8221; naming records one corner of the millennium export map. Style, naming, and craft meeting at one point: the full interest of iron-cake collecting.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Iron cake<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>357g<\/li>\n<li>Maker: Menghai County Tongqingtang Tea Co.<\/li>\n<li>Licence: QS 532814010747 (old-format as recorded)<\/li>\n<li>Features: Red-Print-style wrapper + &#8220;YUNNAN CHITSU PINGCHA&#8221; + handwritten sticker + Blue-Print\/Taiwan-edition label<\/li>\n<li>Note: &#8220;\u92b7\u53f0\/\u9298\u53f0&#8221; reading kept dual as-found, no conclusion drawn<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class II (iron-cake craft + Blue-Print style)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-025\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-025 Buddha-Fate Caravan Witness Cakes \u00d72 + Certificate details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615065\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-025_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-025 Buddha-Fate Caravan Witness Cakes \u00d72 + Certificate cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-025 Buddha-Fate Caravan Witness Cakes \u00d72 + Certificate<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: 2005-05-01 (wrapper inscription; material &amp; press)<\/p>\n<p>A complete cultural-commemorative set: twin cakes and their red collection certificate. The wrapper reads &#8220;&#8216;Caravan Tribute Road \u00b7 Tribute to the Capital&#8217; Witness Cake (Jingye edition)&#8221; over the great characters &#8220;Fo \u00b7 Yuan&#8221; \u2014 Buddha-Fate \u2014 and the inscription &#8220;Wutai Mountain Yueyan Temple, Abbot Shi Guohe, May the First, Two Thousand Five,&#8221; with the lotus-and-hands line drawing at centre. The 2005 &#8220;First Caravan Tea Road \u00b7 Tribute to the Capital&#8221; campaign sent mule caravans re-walking the Tea Horse Road into Beijing \u2014 the revival movement&#8217;s signature event, and this set is its material witness, down to the committee supervision line and the &#8220;limited release 6,800 kg&#8221; marking. The certificate binds event, issuer, and tea into one provenance chain; a complete pair-plus-certificate is an archiving advantage among commemorative sets. Yongde county belongs to the Lincang zone; the Shuangxiong factory is a local mainstay there. Pressed May 2005 \u2014 twenty-one years old. The temple&#8217;s blessing, the caravan&#8217;s road, and the cake&#8217;s own patience: a set that archives the moment Pu-erh culture walked back into national memory.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Cakes \u00d72 (set with collection certificate)<\/li>\n<li>Raw<\/li>\n<li>Weight: unstated (limited release 6,800 kg stated)<\/li>\n<li>Issue: Yunnan Yongde Shuangxiong Tea Factory<\/li>\n<li>Supervised: Pu-erh Tea Culture Beijing Caravan Organizing Committee (as marked)<\/li>\n<li>Features: &#8220;Fo \u00b7 Yuan&#8221; (Buddha-Fate) + Wutai Mountain Yueyan Temple abbot Shi Guohe + lotus-hands motif + Jingye edition + red certificate card<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact (set complete)<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (cultural commemorative + limited + complete set)<\/li>\n<li>Line: cultural commemorative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><br \/>\n<dialog id=\"dlg-ca-026\" class=\"ztv-dialog\" aria-label=\"CA-026 1980s Wild Camphor-Aroma Border-Market Iron Cake details\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-body\">\n<figure class=\"ztv-dialog-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/aggrego\/image\/upload\/v1790615068\/zentea-collection-auction-20260929\/CA-026_cover_v231.jpg\" alt=\"CA-026 1980s Wild Camphor-Aroma Border-Market Iron Cake cover\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ztv-dialog-text\">\n<h3 class=\"ztv-name\">CA-026 1980s Wild Camphor-Aroma Border-Market Iron Cake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ztv-year\">Material Year: Material 1980s\uff5cPressed 2015-12-16<\/p>\n<p>The collection&#8217;s closing piece: a 200-gram iron cake of 1980s material \u2014 forty years of material age in ripe tea. The wrapper says it plainly: &#8220;Border-Market Tea&#8221; in great characters, &#8220;Wild Camphor Aroma&#8221; beneath, the weight declared \u2014 border-market wrappers spoke in essentials, name and weight, against the ornate faces of the collecting line; the small cake format suited daily consumption in the diaspora ports. Camphor aroma belongs to the classic register of deep-aged scent, and the dense press of an iron cake is precisely the long-cycle condition camphor needs \u2014 material, format, and aroma verifying one another. The label records ripe material of the 1980s, pressed December 2015 by Yongde County Laoshu Tea Factory (old QS licence as recorded). Forty-year material stands beyond the &#8220;transformation threshold&#8221; \u2014 the top register of the ripe-tea spectrum \u2014 with another decade of cellaring since pressing. Yongde&#8217;s Dedang town sits in the Lincang tea zone, the same district as the CA-025 Buddha-Fate set. A quiet, honest closing note to the collection: the trade route&#8217;s plain face, still breathing camphor.<\/p>\n<p>Originally cellared in Kunming, relocated in batches to Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ztv-spec-list\">\n<li>Iron cake (small format)<\/li>\n<li>Ripe<\/li>\n<li>200g (non-standard)<\/li>\n<li>Maker: Yongde County Laoshu (Old-Tree) Tea Factory<\/li>\n<li>Licence: QS53091401 0015 (old-format as recorded)<\/li>\n<li>Features: &#8220;Border-Market Tea&#8221; great characters + &#8220;Wild Camphor Aroma&#8221; + damaged &#8220;First Batch Iron Cake&#8221; characters (as found)<\/li>\n<li>Condition: wrapper intact; face characters partly worn (as found)<\/li>\n<li>Rarity: Class I (80s aged-material ripe + border-market line + non-standard)<\/li>\n<li>Line: diaspora<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ztv-deal\"><span class=\"ztv-badge\">Collection Threshold | Price on Inquiry<\/span><a class=\"ztv-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/zentea-shop.com\/svip-enterprise-verify\/\">SVIP Inquiry<\/a><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ztv-close\" type=\"button\">Close<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/dialog><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(function(){\n  document.querySelectorAll('.ztv-card[data-dlg]').forEach(function(c){\n    var open=function(){var d=document.getElementById(c.getAttribute('data-dlg')); if(d&&typeof d.showModal==='function') d.showModal();};\n    c.addEventListener('click',open);\n    c.addEventListener('keydown',function(e){ if(e.key==='Enter'||e.key===' '){e.preventDefault();open();} });\n  });\n  document.querySelectorAll('.ztv-dialog').forEach(function(d){\n    var b=d.querySelector('.ztv-close'); if(b) b.addEventListener('click',function(){d.close();});\n    d.addEventListener('click',function(e){ if(e.target===d) d.close(); });\n  });\n})();\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collector&#8217;s Vault This gallery presents twenty family-collector-grade Pu-erh treasures, each with its collection story and archive specification, marked with a Collection Threshold (Price on Inquiry). 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