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Tea Category

Selected category of tea divided into groups by its character ,
grade or type like old arbor trees, wild tea trees ,
purple varietal or huang pian - the yellow tea leaves.

Tea Category There are 47 products.

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  • Old Arbor Tea Trees

    老乔木 / 古树茶
    Old arbor tea tree or Ancient tea tree ( Gu Shu Cha ).
    Selection of the arbor tea trees with age above 150 years.

  • Wild Tea Trees

    野生茶
    Originally the wild tea tree term signify the tea tree growing on place where is no any human intervention,
    but in time and market demand that kind of tea is almost impossible to get on Chinese tea market ,
    not speaking of exported tea.
    The wild tea tree variety has been planted in tea gardens and plucked like any other tea tree.
    Processing of Ye Sheng teas is usually with tea flowers "ya bao" together in order to gain sweetness and mellow taste.

  • Purple Tea Variety

    紫娟

    Category selection of Purple variety tea Zi Juan.
    A reputedly scarce purple-leaf Yunnan (云南) Da Ye (大叶) cultivar,
    high in Anthocyanin "hua qing su" (花青素), developed in the 1980s
    from Nannuoshan (南糯山) sources, used for lücha (绿茶)
    and pu’ercha (普洱茶), literally Purple Beauty

  • Purple Sprout

    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

  • Huang Pian - Yellow Leafs

    老黄片
    Old Yellow Leaf in translation.

    Old leafs from tea tree which have it's distinctive flavor characteristics.
    Commonly used among the tea farmers as regular daily drinker with lunch , dinner or just quenching the thirst in hot days.

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    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...

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    Medium-light fermented tea leafs from small arbor tea trees growing in small tea garden in Mengku. Walnut-chocolate infusions within each cup will not turn to the soil-earthy notes even during the longer time of brewing. Very soft / mild shu puerh suitable for the morning because easy going on your stomach The tea brick comes from private batch, small...

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    Yellow tea leaves from arbor tea trees growing near Zhang Lang village on Bada mountain. Hard pressed sheng puerh into the 250g brick and packed as two pieces in the bamboo leaf. Sweet and gentle bitter during harder infusions,  but overall very good even for non puer drinkers , as there is no harsh astringancy with that. Brick was stored 2 years in...

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    Slightly different in taste from the other "regular" ye sheng ya bao we offer. Less citrusy "wild taste" but more spices and herbs in aftertaste. There is no any processing involved in production , just simple drying , so that's why it's in white tea category . Although these buds can handle boiling water, we recommend to use lower temperatures to enjoy...

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    Purple leaf varietal Zijuan processed as sheng puerh. Typically herbalist sheng puerh tea with some sweet fruity notes lingering in mouth during the few steepings. Please be gentle with brewing , keep in mind that it's still bush tea and not Gushu , so over steeping will cause dry and astringent sensation for sure. If you careful, the leafs will reward...

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    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.

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     Autumn harvest from young and old tea trees growing in two different tea gardens based on Lao Wu mountain , blended together and hand pressed into the small dragon balls " long zhu". Fruity touch of the small huang pian leaves not fully selected out from the mao cha ,  with flowery notes which are a significant profile for this area , are well balanced...

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    White tea from early spring harvest of wild tea trees growing in forests of the big Snow Mountain. This 7g mini brick has very bright sweet-fruity-sour-wild taste with after aroma of Ye Sheng Yabao notes reminding you an origin of this tea . Flowery and slight vegetal notes are also vivid from the gaiwan of hot brewed tea leaves. Very refreshing tea for...

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    Tea leaves from one big wild tea tree growing near the forest of the Big Snow mountain. 1.6kg of mao cha was made from this tree and we pressed it into the 100g cakes. This , genuine Dan Zhu, has typical sourish wild notes with sweet aftertaste and in compartment with small trees, this one can hold the long and hard stepping without turning into the...

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    These ya bao are picked from the wild purple tea trees varietal Zi Ya in Bangdong -  Lincang. Flowery and fruity scent with touch of pine trees in aroma from brewed buds. The taste is gentle , as expected from yabao ,  but noticeable sweet with gentle peach notes in aftertaste.

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    Early spring harvest from wild tea trees growing on Big Snow Mountain in Yong De area. Sourish notes with sweet aftertaste from Ya Bao , much darker oxidation ( longer withering ) ,  gives tea tea more subtle / less aggressive taste resembling Ye Sheng Hong in certain way. It is different from older version we also offer , as this one is fully Kunming dry...

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    Blend of spring harvest arbor tea trees from Pasha with wild varietal Da Xue Shan sheng of light oxidation. Shorter withering of Ye Sheng makes this tea more open for the ageing so it can be quite aggressive from beginning, therefore we recommend this tea for longer storage rather than drinking new. We believe that bitter Pasha leaves with sweet sour...

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