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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 ,...
紫芽
Purple Sprout " Zi Ya " : young leaves of tea trees that have been exposed
to more than the usual amount of sunlight,
causing them to turn purple, a tendency that,
while it may or may not improve tea quality in general,
is intentionally used in some pu’ercha (普洱茶) cakes;
confusingly, this is also used for a naturally occurring mutation first ...
紫芽
Purple Sprout " Zi Ya " : young leaves of tea trees that have been exposed
to more than the usual amount of sunlight,
causing them to turn purple, a tendency that,
while it may or may not improve tea quality in general,
is intentionally used in some pu’ercha (普洱茶) cakes;
confusingly, this is also used for a naturally occurring mutation first noticed in Wuyishan (武夷山) where high huaqingsu (花青素) content yields a purple leaf color
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.
These ya bao are picked from purple tea bushes Zi Ya in Lincang. Compare to other wild ya bao those are not as green ( herbal ) taste like neither mild ( like white tea ) , but rather fruity and sweet. The typical taste of Zi Ya tea is also noticeably reflected in those small sprouts / buds and give the tea liqour rather aged taste , which makes suitable...
Flowers from wild tea trees of purple " zi ya " varietal growing at Big Snow Mountain in Yong De area. Brewing simply in jar and wait for flowers to open. By taste it reminds the Ye Sheng Zi Ya Ya Bao but with gentle bitterness giving an impression of the actual tea , rather than ya bao.
Spring purple varietal tea leaves Zi Ya harvested from medium size trees growing on Big Snow Mountain in Yongde county, processed as a black tea with accurate light roast in order to reduce excessive herbal taste ( typical for purple varietal ) yet preserve the original fruity-camomile notes which makes this tea significantly distinguishable from others....