My friend gave me this bing (round cake) of shu pu that was made in
Wuzhou, Guangxi his hometown. The factory's name Guangxi Wuzhou Tea
Factory, and it has a symbol in the center of the cake of three Cranes
with the Hanzi that means the same under it. It is wrapped in plastic
and has an attached note on the back claiming it's from the 1980s but
we know how far that goes...


Another interesting aspect of the tea is that the note says it's "liu
bao" tea (meaning it's from liu bao county in Guangxi)...I'm not sure
if it's some sort of special tea or just the local name for this pu.
On the top part of the cake it reads "Guangxi Liu Bao Bing Tea"

The note in Chinese reads (as roughly translated):

"It's produced in Guangxi, Cangwu Liu Bao county...this type of tea has
a 200 year history...it has a scent of binglang (a kind of
fruit...translates to 'betel nut'?)...the older the better...it's
features: the color of the tea is red, strong, pure, old...liu bao tea
is used to curing some kinds of diseases (liji which means Dysentery),
helps improve eyesight, and helps your body get rid of impurities in
your blood...in the market, there isn't much of this tea...the tea was
made in the 1980s...it is from Wuzhou Tea Factory."

Valuable? Common? Rubbish? What do you think?