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Dou Li style, wide and low profile double fired clay Jianshui handmade...
These ya bao are picked from the wild purple tea trees varietal Zi Ya in...
First grade, although fairly large leaf , harvested from tea gardens in...
Handmade , double fired at around 1200C in gas kiln, Xi Shi shaped...
Handmade Huaning Pottery double fired and glazed Gaiwan. This " Galaxy -...
Medium oxidized and medium light roasted oolong from organic tea...
Medium oxidized Taiwanese gaba oolong. This one is close to the red side...
Hai Wan - Lao Tong Zhi ( 海湾 - 老 同志 (下关沱茶 )
Lao Tong Zhi ( in translation - Old comrades ) is one of famous Yunnan tea brands from Hai Wan Tea factory set up by two founders of the tea factory who are maters of processing Pu-erh tea in China.
Hai Wan - Lao Tong Zhi ( 海湾 - 老 同志 (下关沱茶 )
Lao Tong Zhi ( in translation - Old comrades ) is one of famous Yunnan tea brands from Hai Wan Tea factory set up by two founders of the tea factory who are maters of processing Pu-erh tea in China.
An interesting piece of 250g brick from good old comrades. The purple tea leafs were pressed and stored in Menghai for few years , then in Kunming , so it has a slight touch of wet storage but rather pleasant. ( not like HK or GZ storage ). Well balanced tea liquor is soft and offers pleasant fruity sweet mouthfeel with touch of "Mei Zi" - the Chinese plum.
Slight smoky notes coming from hot gaiwan. We suggest to wash two times these bits & pieces of arbor trees pressed hard into the 4-5g mini tuo, in order to get the real "juice" out of it. Crushed leafs will spread quickly right after that and you might be experiencing excessive bitterness due to overstepping, so make sure that you brew it in proper...
Menghai blend from Haiwan tea company consisting some material from old trees " Lao Shu ". Slight fruity notes achieved by ageing in dry storage along with woody ones which might be even dominating in certain infusions during your session. Some astringency is also present revealing this is a blend with small trees , which also is reflected on price. (...