“After sitting on this for almost 5 years, I chipped off 6.5g and brewed 6.5g in a gaiwan, drinking from the fairness pitcher. The first two steeps have immediate returning sweetness, vegetal,...” Read full tasting note
“Jiu Tai Po has all the marks of a pu’er I would like to add to my collection. It has a unique flavour profile, pungent taste, long aftertaste with a strong huigan, full body, and a grounding cha...” Read full tasting note
Spring harvest tea leaves from 200-300 year old tea trees growing in Jiu Tai Po village in Jinggu county of Simao. Jiu Tai Po or “9 Mesa Village” is a small village with about 1200 inhabitants. Many are involved in tea production, the surrounding hills are covered forest and tea growing, often among larger trees. The elevation is an ideal 1500 meters.
Our Jiu Tai Po village tea cake is a sweet, thick, and pungent tea. It’s got grain-like taste, bitterness and floral notes much like a good IPA! The cha qi is noticeable but not overpowering. Can be infused 10+ times without losing power.
Stone-pressed in the traditional manner.
Wrapper design by Giovanni Crispino
250 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo tong)
30 kilograms in total
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