Zhenyuan 20147Z14 Harvest: March/April 2014
Origin: China / Yunnan / Pu'er / Zhenyuan / Lushan
Height: 1700 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qiao Mu Da Ye Zhong (200jährig und älter)
A best-quality Pu Er for a very favourable price, made of old tea trees from a northern, little-known area. Traditional crafting, dried in the sun. Produced especially for us and with our package and sealing.From a tea garden on the other side of Xigui, a very famous and (too) expensive area of tea cultivation and whose name has lately been overused. The producer collaborates with tea farmers in protecting the villages and the old tea trees from becoming famous and expensive by keeping the gardens' locations secret.
Category:
Sheng Cha - Rohe 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.
