TEAPHONIC
BLACK GOLD COLLECTION
Ji极
Triple Concerto for Laobanzhang Ancient Tea Trees
Ji with a string instrument and score
Bitterness, fragrance, sweetness. Three voices in concert.
From three distinct plots in the core Old Banzhang tea area, spring leaves from Man’e, Pasha and native Banzhang trees are prepared separately, then blended. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto gives the work its structure: three characters, each distinct, held together in proportion.
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01 / THE COMPOSITION
The work, recorded.
Production figures refer to the maker’s recorded batch, not current availability.
- Composition
- Man’e bitter tea; Pasha fragrant tea; native Banzhang sweet tea
- Form
- Stone-pressed cakes
- Musical conversation
- Beethoven · Triple Concerto
- Recorded production
- 30 cakes
02 / TIME & CRAFT
Made, then given time.
The maker records trees over 400 years old, a production of 30 stone-pressed cakes, and nearly 500 days of maturation in a Yunnan raw-tea storehouse at the time of writing.
From Teaphonic’s notes on this composition.
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AoOPUS 06
Duo for Banzhang Ancient Tea Trees
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