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Handmade tea cup from Jianshui white clay "Bai Ni", wood fired in the...
Special grade "tou chun" spring harvest from bushes growing in Yongde....
Traditional Menghai medium-dark fermented top grade of shu pu erh gong...
The concept without pile fermentation (shu Lubao ). After withering,...
Spring purple varietal tea leaves Zi Ya harvested from medium size trees...
Traditionally wood fired Jianshui clay "Zhu Ren Bei" shape tea cup made...
Handmade Ji Zhong style teapot from Jianshui rich in iron red clay "Hong...
Long Dan Handmade satin black Jianshui teapot in shape of Dragon Egg ,...
Yi Cun Guang Yin ( 一寸光阴)
In 2010, a young couple started off their own new brand of tea, named Yi Cun Guang Yin.
Before they were working like sales people tea brands or tea manufacturers like Da Yi , Lao Tong Zhi or Long Sheng.
During those years working this kind of 'no future job' they’ve got an opportunity to get in touch with farmers ,
tea producers etc. Didn't take long when they started to learn how the tea business works and opened up their own.
We choose them for our shop for a wide selection ( locations ) of their teas and quality / price .
Spring harvest from the arbor trees growing nearby Da Hu Sai village which is not that overhyped as the Xiao Hu Sai , yet it's fame has also the price. Fruity tea with full body reflecting the clean dry Kunming storage with very slow ageing. Gentle bitter finish with some astringency in harder steepings will disclose the young age of trees, yet not tai di...
Pressed into the cake in Po Jiao village and stored for few years then brought to Kunming, 3 years of dry storage .When brewing this tea, room will fill up with smoky scent and notes of camphor tree with slight hint of flowers which becomes more distinctive within consequent infusions. The smoky aroma will fade away same time when strong "hui gan" comes...
Spring arbor tea leafs from Bulang mountain hard pressed into the cake in Man Xin Long village by small local tea manufacturer in 2012. Clean tea liquor with slight notes or roasted nuts is gentle bitter from beginning , then turns to pleasant sweet aftertaste "hui gan".
Medium-hard pressed tea cake from small arbor tea trees growing on Jingmai mountain. Harder steepings will reveal the young age of the trees but rather by bitter taste than descructive astringency. Very well stored and the right condition for aging still preserved original Jingmai fruitiness with sweet mouthfeel followed by "hui gan" aftertaste.
Early spring harvest from Nan Nuo Shan, hard pressed into the 1kg brick. Sheng puerh which has been stored in Kunming since very beginning so has preserved some original notes and obtained typical fruity notes of ageing. Distictivly bitter but with sweet aftertaste accompanied by some dry sensation due to the young age of tea shrubs.
Spring harvest from Yiwu mountain pressed into the 400g . typical notes of "Mei Zi" , Chinese plum with plenty of "hui gan" sweetness after which spread from throat and cover your tonsils. Under tongue sweetness "sheng jing" is also in present and experience puer drinker will detect slight dry touch which reveals young age of arbor trees this cake is made...
Spring harvest of small tea trees from gardens situated behind Zhang Lang village which is on Baba mountain , so as expected , typical bitter taste with some astringency and dry sensation due to the young age of arbors tea trees. Yet, Kunming dry storage contributed to the fruity taste with some touch of honey notes aftertaste. Suitable for brewing in...
Spring arbor tea material from Bulang mountain processed in Man Xin Long village and pressed into cake by stone. Clean tea soup is sweet and woody with gentle touch of flowers notes and sweet dry fruits . You might experience slightly dry mouthfeel at the back of the tongue during the first infusions , but later it changes into the pleasant "hui gan"...
Tea material from arbor trees growing on Pa Sha mountain and processed in local village Zhong Zhai , later traditionally stone pressed into the cake in Menghai tea processing company. Medium hand processed by stone tea cake consists spring tea leafs plucked in 2015. Within the first infusion the powerful tea soup gives unusual taste of wild mushrooms (...
Ginseng , Apricot Kernel , Sophora japonica , Polygonatum sibiricum ( sealworth ) , Crataegus pinnatifida Bge ( hawthorn ) , Pueraria lobata ( tuber of the kudzu vine ) , Mulberry leaves , Lotus leaves , Licorice root , Pseudo-ginseng (Panax pseudo-ginseng var. notoginseng ) , Polygonatum odoratum. 30 x 5g paper tea bagsCertified producer