“Received this as a gift with purchase so perhaps I am more lenient than if I had paid for it. But I’ve drunk this at least a dozen more times over the past two years and find it quite pleasant as a...” Read full tasting note
“I brewed this tea Gong Fu style as I do with most teas. If you buy this tea to drink and not to age, you are a psychopath. While the steamed leaves have a nice honeysuckle aroma, the tea itself is...” Read full tasting note
This is a 2019 pressing of 2017 Spring tea leaves harvested from Jingmai mountain area tea bushes. The 2 years of aging as loose leaf mao cha in Menghai has softened and warmed up this lovely tea, giving it a honey aroma and sweet taste. Jingmai area tea is not purely assamica (it’s called 中小叶种) and tends to have a somewhat more delicate character as compared to pure assamica pu-erh tea.
This is a very enjoyable lightly aged Jingmai area tea that delivers incomparable value at its price point!
Pressed by Menghai area producer Heng Tong Hao (恒桐号)!
357 Grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)
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