Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018

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Pu'erh (shou) Blend
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Organic
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  • “Rishi recommends gong-fu brewing 8-9g in 150-200ml @212F for 45 sec for the first 4 steeps. Per Rishi: “Smooth and silky with a deep fermentation taste and sweet and malty notes.” I can confirm...” Read full tasting note

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Wa Shan Shu Pu’er Cake Vintage 2018
Garden Direct Pu’er Tea

This Shu Pu’er tea cake is produced at the Wa Shan Ecological Tea Garden in Lincang, on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan.
SIZE: 200 Grams

Smooth and silky with a deep fermentation taste and sweet and malty notes

ABOUT THIS TEA
This Shu Pu’er tea cake is produced at the Wa Shan Ecological Tea Garden in Lincang, on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan. The farmers grow a suite of specialty cultivars that produce exquisite teas for our Garden Direct collection, including Yunnan Purple Buds, Lily Black, Honey Green, White Crescent and others. Made from their most prominent cultivar, the Mengku Broad Leaf, a strain of the ancient broad leaf assamica which is favored for Pu’er tea and grows in the Mengku area of western Yunnan. The local Wa farmers planted most of their gardens with Mengku Broad Leaf and some Fengqing Broad leaf varieties to make some of the best organic certified Pu’er teas available in both Sheng and Shu categories. Our Wa Shan Shu Pu’er cake is crafted from spring buds and processed by pile-fermentation of Saiqing maocha over a period of 65 days before being pressed into cakes. Like a fine wine that is properly vintaged, Pu’er tea has the ability to age beautifully, developing new flavors over time.

Cultivar
Mengku Da Ye Broad Leaf & Fengqing Da Ye Broad Leaf

Harvest March – June

Elevation 1600 – 1802 meters

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Rishi recommends gong-fu brewing 8-9g in 150-200ml @212F for 45 sec for the first 4 steeps.
Per Rishi: “Smooth and silky with a deep fermentation taste and sweet and malty notes.”

I can confirm smooth & malty. There’s no obvious acidity or bitterness. However, there’s astringency that persists on one’s tongue long after the cup is empty.

Unfortunately, it’s not sweet, rich, viscous, or full-bodied.

I’ve tried 210F & 30 sec. I’ve also tried my normal brewing parameters. It was ok, but nothing impressive.

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