“For the sipdown prompt, “a tea you’ve never tried before.” This is one of my oldest teas, from the final “Here’s Hoping Traveling Teabox.” Thanks for sharing, tea-sipper! I brewed the 4g sampler in...” Read full tasting note
“I was surprised at how much I liked this tea. I seldom reach for puerh and my experience with most sheng has been rough to say the least. But this tea was a different story. It’s super smooth...” Read full tasting note
“Yunnan palace ripened puerh loose tea 2005 by Teavivre review Happy Canada day my fellow Canadians! Using my new Engraved dragon teapot gongfucha. https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSGj7Ahhsb/ Dry...” Read full tasting note
“I’ve been really wanting to get into straight pu-erh after having fallen in love with more than a few flavoured pu-erhs. Apologies to the gong-fu aficionados out there, I brewed this lazy-style...” Read full tasting note
Original Place:
Lincang (云南), Yunnan, China
Tea Tree:
Yunnan large leaf species, 100 years old
■ Production Date: 2005
Flavor:
mellow and full, tastes smooth with rich aroma
Tea Leaf:
glossy and soft after brewed,
has obvious tea buds, carries a unique fragrance of ripened pu-erh tea.
Tea Liquid:
bright and clean in brown color.
Summary:
As one of the four famous tea producing area, Lincang is renowned for its representative pu-erh tea. In its name 临沧 (lín cāng), the临 means “near to” in Chinese, and 沧 refers to the Lancang River. The good name suggests the unique natural condition where our Yunnan Palace Ripened Pu-erh Loose Tea 2007 comes from. Today, TeaVivre is going to introduce this tea for you.
The highest-yielding tea area in Yunnan is Lincang, which covers a total area of 24,469 sq. km, among which the acreage of tea production is about 443.51 sq. km. It has long been regarded as the hometown of Yunnan large leaf species tea and the birthplace of tea plant. Because of its peculiar geographical condition, Lincang is much favorable for the large leaf species.
Yunnan large leaf species is the best material for making pu-erh. Tea cakes made of this species have a large quantity of golden buds. Looking at them, people cannot help but associating its yellow color with the imperial palace in ancient China.
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