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Early spring harvest from wild tea trees of Ailao mountain. The tea...
Blend of Jing Gu Gushu and De Hong Anji sun dried " shai hong" red tea...
Around 80ml ( 100ml up to rim ) Handmade Huaning Pottery double fired...
Tea bushes of An Ji Bai Cha varietal planted in Dehong and mostly used...
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...
Hei Cha (黑茶)
Hei cha is as post-fermented tea or dark tea which gone through
the long time fermentation ( from months to years ).
Controlled humidity and oxygen helps to achieve
right process of fermentation and therefore the taste.
There is a long history of production Dark Tea ( don't confuse with the Black Tea )
as far as Ming dynasty
and these d...
Hei Cha (黑茶)
Hei cha is as post-fermented tea or dark tea which gone through
the long time fermentation ( from months to years ).
Controlled humidity and oxygen helps to achieve
right process of fermentation and therefore the taste.
There is a long history of production Dark Tea ( don't confuse with the Black Tea )
as far as Ming dynasty
and these days Hei Cha is mainly produced in provinces
like Hunan Shanxi Yunnan ,Guangxi, Sichuan.
This tea usually comes in pressed form.
Spring harvest from Lincang , then processed and stored in Shanxi province. Classical mixed tea material of young and old arbor trees of Mengku . The beautiful scent of wood ,caramel and nuts comes out from teapot after first infusion, but don't expect the same sensation in your cup. Although its a hei cha , the taste reminds more like some old sheng puer...
Produced and stored for Lhasa ( Tibet ) iron hard pressed tea brick in chocolate pattern.You will need to have a good puer pick and be very careful to not harm yourself when chipping off this 248g Hei Cha brick. Gentle smokiness would emerge from gaiwan in first steeping but not noticeable in tea itself. Slight honey and caramel-woody notes are dominated...
Similar to 2013 .Drying Chinese cabbage on wooden bench in small minority village with wild honey notes would be a sort of description of the scent coming out from your pot with first infusion. Although doesn't sound attractive but must say overall fragrance has a sweet base and so it is the taste.The most important part is the Lotus leafs which are...
The larvae eating tea leafs and leaving the droppings behind which are heat processed. The scent old basement Liubao notes in taste are much softer then a in actual leaves and so the sweetness. Very small amount of tea can be used. 1g in 100ml gaiwan, or 1g in 200ml pitcher ( in T-bag ) , or 1g in the strainer with pouring the boiling hot water or...
Pressed and slowly naturally aged dark tea in the woven bamboo basket. Small top tea leaves release gently bittersweet taste with a typical for Hei Cha sour touch of microbial fermentation folowed by sweet aftertaste. The weight 500g is including the bamboo basket. Sample is difficult to dig out from the basket so please expect some broken bits and leaves.
An Hua Hei Cha , originally from Hu Nan province, pressed into the woven bamboo basket in which was ageing 12 years at producers storage. The wet storage is significant but not disturbing and well balanced with smoky notes in overall taste. After few cups the smokiness is less noticeable and rather sweet aftertaste will appear. The weight is 1kg...
Traditional concept of Liu Bao tea without post-fermentation process before stuffing into the bamboo basket for further ageing in the basement storage. High grade ( no big stems and old levaes ) spring harvest tea leave had gone through the longer withering time before the fixation ( kill green ) promoting the fruity notes which are very noticable in...
Traditional concept of Liu Bao tea without fermentation process applied before being stuffed into the bamboo baskets for further natural ageing in the basement storage. Autumn harvest tea leaves offer very sweet and non astringent tea soup with usual basement notes of the Wuzhou wet storage. Light in color but intensive in taste for quite few infusions...
Blend of Yunnan shu puerh with Wuzhou shu liu bao tea , pressed into the 6g mini brick will, as the name suggests, releases a pitch black , soy sauce like liqour after around 3rd infusion when leaves loosen up. Very strong , earthy and bitter tea has noticeable basement notes originating from the aged Liubao in combination with creamy and thick...
Wuzhou shu liu bao cha tou naturally pressed by the weight of the pile during the fermentation. It is claimed from producer about those being from 2010 year , yet there is slight to non wet basement odor in present, making this claim doubtfull. Sweet caramel aroma and the taste which can have some slight sour notes if brewing very hard. Reminding Lincang...
The concept without pile fermentation (shu Lubao ). After withering, kill green done on 250C followed by steaming and light re-roasting before further ageing in the basement storage.Fruity aroma of brewed leaves are slightly bitter front taste which turns to sweet aftertaste after around 3rd infusion, reminding Liu An hei cha by it's roasted nuts notes...