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In general, this is a blend of Bulang ( Zhang Jia San Dui, Mang Ba Zhai,...

Unconventional processing of a Taiwanese varietal grown in a...

Spring harvest of leaves, handpicked from a very small organic Taiwanese...

Spring harvest of premium tea leaves handpicked from a small organic...


Medium-light roasted entry level Yancha made of Su Xi Lan "Plain Orchid"...

Xue Pian, meaning “Snow Flake,” designates Dancong tea made from the...

Half handmade teapot from Yixing purple “Zi Ni” medium-thick clay in...
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德宏州
De Hong State is located in the south-west of Yunnan, according to history records its about
five thousand years ago when people first habited this piece os land. De Hong
in ethnic language means" The Place of Nujiang River".
Similar to other tea production areas, the tea was one of the main part of early times agriculture.
Da Li (大理)
Da Li state is one of the famous parts of Yunnan Province.
From historical part the area is well know for Nan Zhao Kingdom in A.D. 738-937. It’s also famous for mountain Wu Liang Shan which big part of it belongs to Nanjian county of Dali State and it has been reliable source of high quality tea for well known companies like Xia Guan ( Xiaguan Tuo Cha ) for many years.
It is not a shu puerh as name might suggest. After kill green processing ( as regular sheng puerh ) is stored for additional fermentation without access of oxygen between 9 - 12 months , after dried on sun , pressed, after 3 years packed and offered as final product. It is sort of Gaba puerh but without applying the Nitrogen. Very aromatic, flowery sweet...
Although name from the producer suggests ancient tea trees but we believe this one is not the case. Yet, it is truly well made sheng puerh from wild variety tea trees growing in Dehong state. Sweet-sour notes with typical wild mushroom notes will hit your nose and tastebuds afterwards. Harder infusions will release bitterness but increase the sweetness...
Hard pressed big melon tu cha from De Hong tea factory owning the plantations located around 2000m.alt. The slight mushroomy notes will reveal that it's not a completely Kunming storage , yet it's dry and fruity rather wet. Despite of it's a tai di cha you can get decent 8 steepings before it's starts fade away. Sweet and slight smokey flavor accompanied...
Unique processing of tea from the plantations around Guang Zhai village. After regular kill step the tea leaves are stored in chamber without access of oxygen for further fermentation. It naturally resembles some notes of Gaba tea ( as the processing is very close ) , yet it has sheng puerh characteristics like further ageing. This one has already...
Mixture of samples which we have obtained on our tea sourcing trip in Dehong state in spring 2024. We also blended in some ma ocha from Yiwu and Bulang area from the year before and one bigger sample of aged loose leaf too. Each cake has it's individual taste so we don't offer samples on those, but expect some wild notes of Ye Sheng with bitter touch of...
This is a typical Xiaguan tuocha ,where the bright golden tea color liqour is slightly bitter-astringent taste, distinctive smoky flavor accompanied by dark chocolate notes with slightly sweet after-taste .
A little bit pricey jubilee edition of tuo cha from Xiaguan tea company. The not " fresh " taste of well settled sheng pu-erh is the sign of mixture 4 past years tea material, so technically speaking could be 2013-2017 sheng puerh tuo cha. Bitter ,sweet,woody and not really smokey , would be the main characteristics of the dark gold liquid in your cup...
Spring tea leafs from Wuliang mountain plantations located around 2400m alt. Hard pressed followed autumn into the 380g tea cake also known as 'tie bing' (steel cake) by Nanjian tea factory. Despite of "pu-erh fever" in 2007 year this cake has a relatively uniformed grade of tea material , since factory uses their own plantations.
In very flashy green box packed new model of tuo cha from Xiaguan as the remake of the old packaging. Smoky & sweet tea liquor holds for few good infusions. Pleasant "sheng jing" buzzing after 3rd cup with nice warming body feel after.
Hard pressed tea brick from Xiaguan company previously stored in Guangzhou which has imprinted some mushroomy notes in aroma of brewed tea leaves , yet not that intensive in taste. Tea liqour is sweet fruity aged taste and not that smokey as it's in dry stored version. Harder steepings will turn bitter but leaving sweet mouthfeel on sides of the tongue...