In a similar vein to last year’s ‘Macroscope’, this tea is a distillation of the 2024 spring season in Yunnan. Pure old-tree material from across our favourite pockets of forest, blended into a weaponised disc of raw puerh. Yet another year with zero rain means old-trees had to dig for moisture with their deep taproots, resulting in an intensified flavour, fragrance, and deep texture in the leaves.
When brewed, this tea offers a luxurious viscosity akin to glistening oil, with a very elegant bittersweet initial kick that relaxes into smooth, lingering fragrance that will stick in your mouth and throat for hours afterwards. Optic is very dynamic from steep to steep — if you don’t find yourself pleasantly drifting off in a potent fugue after the first few. An engaging, potent tea and our favourite kind to make; an exercise in purely selfish drinking pleasure.
Open that third eye and drink this over the years to come as it ages gracefully.