Old Comrade (老同志) tea

This brand of puerh tea was started by the ex-manager of the Menghai tea factory in Yunnan. After he retired from the factory with many years experience in the manufacturing of puerh tea, he left the Menghai factory and set up his company to made and sell puerh tea. It was said that he knew everything about the puerh tea business due to the many years he spent at the factory. He was a production worker at the factory and eventually became the factory manager to oversee the tea production.

First batch of tea 老同志 without wrapper

Above is the 老同志 tea produced in his factory. Notice this tea does not have a proper wrapper to promote the name of 老同志 (old comrade) as this were the very first batches of tea produced in the factory and he had not even designed the wrapper for the tea yet. So the tea bricks were wrapped in plain brown paper with the brand name (老同志) written on the outside.The tea was launched in the market without any promotion being carried out. There was a little bamboo sticker inside the tea bearing the name of this retired ex-manager of Menghai tea factory.

The factory also produces green puerh tea. Below is the picture of 老同志 puerh green tea made in 2003. The tea has become collectors favourite tea.

老同志 green puerh manufactured in 2003