“Well, now, I’ve had this Changtai raw/sheng for a couple years in my dark tea cabinet at 62 %RH, making it now 18 yrs old. Let’s see how it tastes today! The leaf in this cake is in large pieces,...” Read full tasting note
““Trip to Changtai, vol. 2” Natethesnake nailed my experience with this tea. Good dry storage, fairly mild aged sheng that is a relaxing after-dinner brew. Antiquewoody, orange zest citric with...” Read full tasting note
“Nice clean storage, $80ish a beeng, sweet caramelly, mild, floral citric, actually reminded of the orange blossom incense I burned in my teenage hippie phase. Got a dozen steeps. Nice big flushes...” Read full tasting note
Another wonderful Guangdong dry-storage Changtai cake made in honor of Hong Kong’s Tong An Teahouse!
A blend of high quality wild arbor material from spring 2006 was blended together and then pressed into this potent (and now) well-aged raw tea cake. Thick, smooth and complex with a nice bubbly cha qi makes this tea a must-have for lovers of semi-aged sheng. It’s also an excellent example of how nice a clean dry-stored Guangdong raw pu-erh can be!
Limited Quantity
400 Grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)
Wrapper is bug-bitten and has little holes in it. There may also be some dust between the wrapper and the cake. Rinse tea once or twice briefly before drinking!
2006 Pressing
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