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Jinggu Sun-Dried Silver Needles White Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

Jinggu Sun-Dried Silver Needles White Pu-erh Tea Cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
$12.50 - $13.50
$12.50
$12.50 - $13.50
$12.50

Made from the first flush of Spring White Pekoe (Camellia Taliensis) growing in Yang Ta village in Jing Gu county.  Just the bud is picked but then instead of processing like white tea it's sun-dried (like Pu-erh).  These extra large buds come from Camellia Taliensis varietal and give a sweet taste and heady pungent fruit and flower aroma!

These little cakes are lightly compressed and will come apart easily with a pu-erh pick.  The tea can be aged for several years and will develop honey sweetness with hints of hay over the years.

100 grams per cake (7 Cakes Per Bamboo Leaf Tong)

Overall rating: 4.7708335 / 5 from 48 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Jinggu Sun-Dried Silver Needles White Pu-erh Tea Cake offers a wonderful, clean, and fresh taste with a sweet and flowery aroma. The tea, made from the first flush of Spring White Pekoe, can be aged to develop honey sweetness and hints of hay.

Summary topics

  • Taste: 17%
  • Aroma: 8%

Review topics: ["taste","feel","quality","tea","value","price","smell","cake","power","aroma","sweetness","steeps","bitterness","twist","brew","pressing","surprise","astringency","buds","infusions","silver needles","fruit","issues"].

Review highlights

  • "Good taste for a good price" — Evelyn W.
  • "Good flavor with hints of peach" — Zach S.
  • "This is an amazing tea with the delicate aroma and taste of fresh flowers and sweet fruits and a subtle raw puer twist." — L

Reviews

My first pu er

"my first pu er and i always enjoy it"

— Simon T. (4/5)

Great tea

"Outstanding tea and great service"

— Russell R. (5/5)

Aroma is the star of this cake

"It is excellent to make as a cold brew but I'd give it at least 48 hours for proper infusion, any less and it is simply sweet water. There is a thickness you wouldn’t expect from a tea brews this clear. The aroma of the dry cake is heady and even for just that this is worth purchasing for."

— ayse (5/5)

Very good value, I think

"Very good value, I think white pure teas are underrated. I really love their aroma, and this tea is a perfect example."

— Lionel F. (5/5)

Really Special White Tea

"I’m not typically a huge fan of white teas however this one is something special. It holds up well to higher temperatures and longer steeps and makes for quite long sessions. It’s fruity and floral with more body than I typically expect from white teas. The tea soup itself can be quite thick and is filled with the little hairs from the tea; quite pretty in a clear glass! It’s my favorite white tea, and at a super reasonable price point too!"

— Aaron V. (5/5)

Tea Drunk

"One of the best whites you can purchase here. Nice heady feeling. If you want to feel "tea drunk", this is it. A nice little surprise for guests who don't drink gongfu style."

— Wua X. (5/5)

fine

"fine"

— Anton T. (3/5)

Such great taste of passion

"Such great taste of passion fruit, honney and honeysuckle nectar. it's very versatile, you can brew it agressive and get a pleasent bitternest like you would get from a grapefruit peel. Such a good tea!"

— Brebeanu A. (5/5)

All Good!

"I am always surprised at how quickly my orders have come through. The quality of everything was excellent."

— Hal L. (5/5)

Love this tea. And always

"Love this tea. And always a pleasant time working with Scott and his team at Yunnan Sourcing."

— Michael D. (5/5)

Q&A

If 7 of these are purchased does it come in a tong?
Yes. 7 cakes per tong.
I was wondering if the growers of this tea purport to use any particular pesticides or herbicides or otherwise what conditions or farms they're grown in
This is a no spray tea harvested in the early spring before there are pests.
I was wondering what water temperature is appropriate for this king of tea (as I have two other white pu ehr cakes from YS I haven't tried yet)? Near boiling as it's considered pu ehtr? Or round 70-80 Celcius degrees as it's basically white tea?
I'd recommend 90C. Doesn't need to be hotter or cooler. Of course I'd encourage you to experiment with different temps if you want to make it stronger or softer.
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