“Sipdown, 148. With the June reserve club coming in to increase my cupboard size, I thought it would be appropriate to sipdown some of the older reserve offerings I have. These teas tend to languish...” Read full tasting note
“I’m having an all day gongfu session, it seems. As one tea begins to wane in flavor, I’m just starting up another one. So now we have this. This tea is from the January Reserve TOMC. In my efforts...” Read full tasting note
“I didn’t think that i’d like this one, since in my head i was equating it with verdant’s silver buds yabao. I’ve been drinking this one to relax from the work that i’ve been called in to focus on...” Read full tasting note
“Story On rainy days up on Mine Hill, my brother (the other miners kids) and I would go into the big 1870’s Bar in what was left of a ghost town that no longer exists today. This was once part of a...” Read full tasting note
Our new friend Master Han picked this stunning yabao personally from the oldest trees on his plot of the Mount Ailao national forest preserve. He sent us his own description of this tea, most treasured in his collection:
“Picked in March from the ancestral trees of the forest, all over a thousand years old, we call this tea Crimson Buds because the fresh buds have an intense red color. In the classic “Book of Tea”, Lu Yu celebrates the quality of our Crimson Bud tea, and its health benefits, confirmed in recent years due to high vitamin content. This tea is defined by its early spring buds, the ability to steep it many times, and a special honey like fragrance. Some people even get light hints of jasmine. The tea liquor is translucent, and the aftertaste is mouth watering and sweet."
Learn more about Master Han’s Dongsa Farmers Cooperative online at http://verdanttea.com/master-han-on-farmers-cooperatives/
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