“i really enjoy William’s teas, but i can’t say i really like this one. it has no negative issues like bitterness or smoke or harsh aroma. but the positive effects are near to none also. the aroma...” Read full tasting note
“A quick session for today while scrambling to get my holiday shopping out of the way on a somewhat decent schedule for once. Light and fruity in a citrus way in the standard young Jingmai fashion,...” Read full tasting note
“This is the first puerh I’ve gotten into from my Farmerleaf order. I was very pleasantly surprised by this. It’s really dirt cheap, coming in at about $0.06/g if you buy a 357g cake. The aroma...” Read full tasting note
Our autumn production of 2016 is very refreshing. We managed to get a steady supply of excellent one bud/two leaves grade over two weeks. We called this tea Lawasa, which you can find stamped on the cakes with the Chinese characters 腊瓦萨; this is not Chinese but Dai dialect.
Jingmai mountain is partly inhabited by the Dai minority, Yubai, the co-owner of this website, belongs to this ethnicity. The Dai people celebrate a major festival that runs from August to October. It is called the “closed-door festival” during which the old folks should dedicate time to their spiritual life. Every week, a celebration day is held at the temple until the “open-door day” which marks the end of the three-months-long festival. “La” means tea in the Dai language and “Wasa” designates the period during which the closed-door festival runs, from August to October. Hence the name “La Wasa”.
This tea has a distinctive fragrance, something you couldn’t get in spring. The mouthfeel is light; some oiliness can be felt on the tongue, and the scents linger pretty well. It is a very good daily drinker and suits to those who want the fragrance of Pu-erh tea without its bitterness.
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