Daxueshan 20007D00 Harvest: Spring 2000
Origin: China / Yunnan / Lincang / Shuangjiang / Mengku / Daxueshan
Height: 2550 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qiao Mu Da Ye Zhong (1000jährige Teebäume)
A tea of outstanding quality, made from old and wild trees only, from a very good site. The tea has been produced in traditional manner, i.e. sun dried. The leaves come from wild trees that are very old (around 1000 years old) from Mount Daxueshan (great snow mountain). The trees are not easily accessible hence only small amounts of this precious tea have been produced. Additionally, the trees have been put under protection since 2009, so no new tea is produced from them. This tea has been stored in Mengku (China) until 2015.
Category:
Sheng Cha - Raw Pu Er Sheng Cha, Raw Tea, or literally: live tea, are Pu Er teas of the traditional type. The tea leaves are briefly heated after the withering process, then formed and dried in the sun, or, with simpler qualities, also by hot air. This so-called Mao Cha, Unfinished Tea, is either pressed into different forms or stocked and sold as Sancha, Loose Tea. Old Sheng Cha teas differ significantly from young ones. When young, they are wild: tart, and at the same time extremely mellow and sweet. As they age, they become more mature: the tart taste goes over into spicy, and then turns into incredible aromas of moist earth. The sweetness then remains subtly in the background.
Storage:
Fresh and pleasant to drink, combining slightly tart and sweet notes. This tea undergoes a process of microbial fermentation while stored, during which it loses freshness and tartness, while gaining depth, sweetness and earthy notes.
