“There is a distinct maltiness in the wet leaf and first infusion. I’m transported back to cold cups of ‘mugicha’ (barley tea) served at school sports days in Japan. The cold breeze through my...” Read full tasting note
“This is a very tasty puerh tea made from the Camellia Taliensis varietal in Simao. The leaves are light and silvery and produce a peony flavored puerh tea with mild bitterness. I’m impressed with...” Read full tasting note
“The dry leaves are intact, attractive, and fragrant, and brewed leaves are olive green with an intoxicating orchid-like fragrance. It’s really quire remarkable. The tea liquid is a cloudy pale...” Read full tasting note
2013 Yunnan Sourcing “Jing Gu” Old Arbor Raw 400g
Jing Gu Yang Ta village is in Jing Gu county of Simao prefecture (景谷秧塔寨). It is well known for it’s “Da Bai” (大白 – Big White) tea. Actually the tea here is not Camellia Sinensis rather another varietal called Camellia Taliensis. Camellia Taliensis growing in Jing Gu’s red soil has prominent large fat leaves and hairy white buds. Tea from this region is well-known for it’s beautiful appearance, and tea sellers have been know to blend this tea with Yi Wu tea to make it (Yi Wu tea) more beautiful and bright in appearance while at the same time bolstering it’s sweetness and thickness. This tea garden contains trees between 60 and 350 years old, it is near the village and has been tended for hundreds of years. It is a lovely example of a cooperatively run and owned tea garden and one that has been tended lovingly by its participants. The tea harvested here is sought by many producers.
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