“I spent the day today thinking about Beowulf’s funeral and this tea has helped me. In case you are wondering, the topic for tomorrow’s seminars is Beowulf and we shall be reading the last couple of...” Read full tasting note
“Only had a sample of this but it was enough to drink 5 different times. This is what authentic puer is all about. Still waiting for my sample from this year to arrive!” Read full tasting note
“I left a review on this tea a couple of months ago. This morning I brewed it while throwing out the first 5 rinses/steeps: 10S, 10S, 15S, 20S, 25S. What a difference! Infusion #6 -30s ...” Read full tasting note
“A full flavored sheng pu-erh this sample features robust leaves with a light orange soup, pronounced, long lasting flavors (my wife says “spicy”) which I think are a bit intense at the moment, but...” Read full tasting note
This is the third time Yunnan Sourcing has produced tea from the village of Gua Feng Zhai. We selected late Autumn 2011 wild arbor material from the village of “Gua Feng Zhai” (刮风寨), one of the remotest villages in the area it is literally just a few kilometres from the Laos-Yunnan border. The road to Gua Feng Zhai is just a dirt track that is only accessible by motorcycle if its raining. The tea from Gua Feng Zhai is typically picked and processed by the Yao Minority people who live there. This special environment and unique processing lends the tea a special flavor that is unique among Yi Wu area teas.
When brewing the tea you will notice the tea soup is a bright yellow-gold and clear, the aroma is penetrating and the tea is full in the mouth. The flavor is textured and thick with some floral essences. This is one of the more pungent and intense of the Yi Wu area teas. The brewed leaves are thick and stout attesting to their wild arbor origin.
This tea was compressed in a small tea factory in Yi Wu where very large 40 kilogram stone presses were used. This is why this cake is wider (in diameter) than our other stone pressed cakes that were pressed with smaller 25kg stone presses. Low temperature “baking” was used to dry these cakes after the compression process thus preserving their integrity! In total just 80 kilograms of this tea has been produced.
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