“This sample has been clean forgotten. I was just looking through my box of things yet to post about and there it was. I see that I need to do some translation work on the description of it. I’ll...” Read full tasting note
“This managed to get lost in my little tea sample bowl. Oops. But I’m trying to get things organized and so when I rediscovered it, I thought I’d give it a go. First off, the smell after a quick...” Read full tasting note
In the South-Western part of China, near the borders of Vietnam, Lhaos and Burma, is the tea district and province Yunnan. “Yun” means cloud, which is no coincidence, as Yunnan is often shrouded in an almost suffocatingly high humidity. Yunnan is the home of 260 out of China’s total of 320 different sorts of tea, and most of them are growing at an elevation of 1000 to 2500 meters above the surface of the sea.
This Wild Pu-Erh is hand picked on the Jing Mai Mountain. The mountain is the home of some of the oldest tea trees in the world. The local villagers have a tradition of handling the breakneck harvest of “Wild Pu-Erh”. According to them many of the trees are more than 1300 years old. The old trees with the tough leaves make a very special Pu-Erh. It is less affected during the 7 years long aging period as other types of Pu-Erh and therefore has a not quite so “earthy” and heavy flavour as is usual.
An absolute must for those who appreciate a very good Pu-Erh in the elegant end of the spectrum.
(As translated by Angrboda to the very best of her abilities)
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