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Autumn Anxi Tieguanyin oolong tea from Chang Keng area. Fully hand...
Spring purple varietal tea leaves Zi Ya harvested from medium size trees...
Traditionally wood fired Jianshui clay "Zhu Ren Bei" shape tea cup made...
Jianshui tea pot in Ji Zhong style, fired in kiln traditionally on...
Long Dan Handmade satin black Jianshui teapot in shape of Dragon Egg ,...
Very thin and light , around 100g " ( weigh in hand without plate )...
White clay, handmade double fired "Qin Quan" - The Power of Qin Dynasty...
Spring harvest 1 tip 1-2 leaves from plantations on Bang Lang Shan...
Xiao Zhu is young farmer from Yi Wu. He is the 3rd farming generation in his family.
Very modest and smart young man who after inheriting grandpa's tea garden
was looking for the growing business options.
He realized potential of his tea and set up his own small brand.
Xiao Zhu's tea garden is located in deep forest surrounded by tall trees , but still have plenty sun necessary for trees to grow.
Old tree just near to the main tea garden.
Local worms munching on farmers tea tree is a good proof of chemical free environment.
Fresh bud sprouting on young arbor tree.
Fresh bud sprouting on old tea tree.
Fresh leafs.
Sometimes among the regular tea leafs can be find also purple ones ..called "Zi Ya" ..purple leaf.
"Sha Qing" ..kill green , processed traditional way in wok pan heated by burning wood. I had an opportunity to try it few woks my self under masters supervision.
Separating processed leafs and getting ready for sun-drying.
Natural sun-drying process.
The name on wrapper "Cha Zhi Xiang" stands for " The Home of the Tea" . Fresh spring tea leafs of arbor tea trees were plucked, processed and pressed by local Yiwu farmer. Gentle woody scent of dry leafs comes out from hot gai wan before the first infusion. Clear tea soup is slightly bitter at the start , but turns sweet after few cups and fills your...
Sheng puerh from spring harvest tea leafs from big Yiwu tea trees. The very first infusions will remind you that you don't drink some "Xiao Shu" small arbor and longer steeping times just confirm that. Typical Yiwu fruity sweetness fills your mouth and harder brewings with slight bitterness provide very pleasant "hui gan" in combination intensive "sheng...
Sheng puerh from spring harvest tea leafs from young arbor Yiwu tea trees , medium pressed by stone. Typical notes as big trees, just the heavier / longer steepings will reveal the true age of tea leafs. It gets more bitter and slight astringent, yet the qualities like fruitiness will remain in your cup quite few infusions. This cake has very good...
The first spring harvest tea leaves from big and small arbor tea trees growing in forest near village San He Lao Zhai in Yiwu. Fruity " mei zi " notes are sensed after few cups and honey fragrance mixed with flower touch ( as typical in fresh Yiwu ) which will transform to fruity-honey notes later with ageing. Tea cake doesn't have "nei piao" as it's made...
Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides) , tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) , Cassia seed, Mulberry leaves , Chicory, Poria Coccus 30 x 5g paper tea bagsCertified producer