Yibang Mansong 20197OYB9 Harvest: April 2019
Origin: China / Yunnan / Xishuangbanna / Mengla / Beiyinshan
Height: 1300 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qiao Mu Da Ye Zhong (mehrere 100 Jahre alt)
A tea from Mansong from Beiyinshan - very much out of the ordinary; expensive, but outstanding. Tea from Mansong is considered as one of the finest from Yibang and has been tribute tea during the Ming and the Qing Dinasty. Already in those times large parts of the tea forests have been burned down, for one out of rivalry with other tea producing areas but also in order to reduce the tax-burden or the quantity of tribute that had to be paid. During the resistance against the Japanese and the Great Leap Forward, many old trees have been destroyed, so that tea from old trees from Mansong have become very rare.
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.
