Pu Er Sheng Tai 20227OST Harvest: April 2022
Origin: China / Yunnan / Xishuangbanna / Menghai / Xiding / Nanying Zhongzhai
Height: 1500 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Yun Nan Da Ye Zhong (ca. 50 Jahre alt)
A really good raw Pu Er in loose leaf form, from tea trees of up to 50 years of age.Sheng Tai means literally translated natural, which indicates that the tea trees have enough space beneath them, as well as the natural surrounding with enough biological diversity. The tea trees are left to grow in their natural environment, which will make them belong to the old tea trees Gu Shu Cha Shu in a few decades' time.
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.
