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Early 70s |
Mid 70s |
Late 70s |
Early 80s |
Mid 80s |
Late 80s |
90s and Later |
| Kunming Tea Factory |
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| Qizi Iron Cake (flat edge and back, nail vein) |
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| Date Taste Thick Brick (inside ticket) |
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| 7581 - 73 Thick Brick |
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| 7581 - Cultural Revolution Brick |
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| 7581 - 70's Brick |
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| 7581 - 80's Brick |
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| Xia Guan Tea Factory |
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| Zhong Cha Iron Cake (Simplified Font) |
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| Zhong Cha Iron Cake (Traditional Font) |
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| Xia Guan Brick Tea |
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| Meng Hai Tea Factory |
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| Yellow Label Tuo Cha |
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| Qizi Yellow Label (Ba Zhong inside ticket) |
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| Qizi Large Yellow Label |
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| Qizi Large Blue Label |
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| Qizi Yellow Label Green Cake |
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| Qizi Red Ribbon Green Cake |
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| Qizi Shui Blue Label |
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| 7572 Green Cake |
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| 7582 Green Cake |
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| 7532 Green Cake |
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| 7542 Green Cake |
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| 7562 Brick Tea |
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| 7432 Ripe Cake |
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| 7452 Ripe Cake |
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| 8582 Green Cake |
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| 7572 Ripe Cake |
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| 8592 Ripe Cake |
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| Big Yi Label (started as a label for ripe brick tea, became
a label for raw and ripe cake, brick and tuo Pu-erh after 1995) |
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Note1: Zhong Cha Iron Cake is also called Xia Guan
Green Cake. The ripe cake and raw and ripe combination cake were
special order in mid 90s.
Note2: The large Kou Zhong Label (73 Green Cake) is mid 70s 7542
Green Cake.
Note3: The kraft batch wrap, small Kou Zhong, small inside ticket
(Xue Yin Green Cake) is the early 80s 7532 Green Cake.
Note4: 7581 - 73 Thick Brick and Cultural Revolution Brick were
wrapped in either yellow oilpaper or white bamboo paper. 7581
- 70s and 80s Brick were wrapped in white bamboo paper. Products
made in 90s or after were wrapped in wood free paper (Same applied
to Xia Guan Brick Tea). |
