Name: GǔShù Rareness2 (KōngshānLíngYùn)
Year: 2016 first spring plucking
Weight: 250 grams
Country of origin: Yunnan, China
Details:
Honey bitter sweet, strong fruityness in the aroma of dry leaves as well in the tea soup, complex and full taste, strong sweet aftertaste, unique taste, a special bitterness as if in the long ‘baked’ oolong teas, a long runner with sweety bitter edge taste, fruity sweetness on a tongue in later steeps.
The tea trees were found in the Yibang mountain, the one of the six ancient tea mountains. The tea trees are a cultivated type of trees, but they were grown naturally in the forest. They were probably planted by the ancestors of today’s locals and were forgotten, left unpicked in the forest. They were discovered 5 years ago due to the raising gushu pu-erh demand. This tea garden is situated in a valley that has steep rocky cliffs from both sides. A very natural ecological, naturally growing enviroment. This a very typical type enviroment of a forest tea garden.
Why these teas are expensive, what is the difference in them (meaning the price)?
All 3 teas come from a primeval forest and are indeed rare.
1. The walking distance to each of them is different, the picking is tougher, in these case even dangerous. These tea trees are tall, not pruned for many years, really hard to climb.
2. The demand, the more people ask for a specific the price go up. One of the most famous tea gardens of Yiwu Wangong (Bohe tang) maocha price is about 10000 RMB (1400euro) for a kilogram. This tea is very often forged so that its price went up. The offered Rareness teas are not famous still so that their price is still relatively accessible.