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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 ,...
Crafted tea by tea vendors.
Tea vendors who are not only re-sell the tea from farmers but also create their own brand
using their selection of tea materials for pressing them into the tea cakes
or processing fermentation by their own recepies and therefore creating the tea with unique flavour.
Crafted tea by tea vendors.
Tea vendors who are not only re-sell the tea from farmers but also create their own brand
using their selection of tea materials for pressing them into the tea cakes
or processing fermentation by their own recepies and therefore creating the tea with unique flavour.
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Shi Dun
in translation means something like " keep this moment" , which would be a main drinking tea philosophy of founder
of this small pu-erh tea company based in Kunming.
Lia , the founder, believes in good quality tea and focusing that way.
With many years of experience in tea business she has learned how how to select right tea material and sell it right way.
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 .
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.
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 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 (...
Mixture of all loose leaf sheng puerh samples we got from our 2023 tea sourcing trip. Ailao Shan , Laowu Shan , Wuliang Shan, Bulang Shan ( Lao Man E - sweet & bitter, Pa Dian Lao Zhai , Pasha Lao Zhai ) , Hu Zhu Liang Zi. There is some wild varietal and purple varietal blended in as well. Despite of accurate blending , it is very possible that each...
Spring tea leafs from arbor trees in Wu Liang mountain , processed by hand and pressed into medium press tea cake in Qi Li village by local master. Honey aroma from brewed tea leaves are combined with flowery notes when drinking and breathing out through your nose. Fruity base taste as part of the good ageing is present of course and sweet liqour...
Authentic way of fermentation gives this shu pu-erh from Baoshan arbor tea trees very distinctive flavour from others. It has a scent of old red wood with the pleasant hint of traditional Chinese medicine, at the very first brew tea gives sweet sensation in mouth and back of the tongue. This is small private processed batch with handwritten calligraphy...
Spring leafs and buds from Ai Lao Shan mountain area altitude around 2000m.The medium-light fermented tea is rich and sweet, it is outstanding for unique flavor of the fresh walnuts and mild Hui Gan. This is 2nd pressing batch (same material from 2016 but this one was pressed in 2019 ). So was stored in loose 3 years in producers storage.
Mixture of spring and autumn tea leafs of "Xiao Shu" small arbor tea trees from YiWu mountain. Fragrance of the flowers with touch of clove which is overall covered by fruity aroma of clean Kunming aged transformation. Typical Chinese fruit "mei zi" notes are hiding in aftertaste accompanied by some dryness and astringency reminding you the young age of...
The spring tea material of young arbor tea trees growing in Wen Shan village area in Pu'er where the fresh leafs were processed and pressed into the cake. Clean tea soup is very soft , with touch of flowery and fruity notes , fast and clear Hui Gan , full in mouth ,slight bitter but no astringency at all. Mao cha harvested in 2016 y and pressed year later.