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2017 Yunnan Sourcing "He Bian Zhai" Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

2017 Yunnan Sourcing "He Bian Zhai" Wild Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$17.75 - $187.00
$17.75
$17.75 - $187.00
$17.75

Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring 2017! Tea leaves taken from 30 to 80 years old tea trees growing in Xi Ban Shan area just southwest from Bingdao in the county of Mengku) Lincang. Full and stout one leaf to one bud ratio tea leaves. He Bian Zhai (Riverside Village) tea has been growing wild for decades and is picked by local families in the village.  Our friend Mr. Duan, oversees the picking and processing of this lovely tea.  No pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used in the production of this tea.

He Bian Zhai is a strong full-bodied tea that is a tea that I consider to be much better than it's price tag.  The taste is thick and vegetal with a sweet almost syrup-like body that flows through the mouth and literally slips down the throat with a sooth

An incredible value pu-erh which is both worthy to drink now or for the long-term.  Clean and pure!

To read more about Mr Duan and his Huang Shan Wild Arbor Tea Garden, click here!

 

Each cake is stone-pressed by traditional method and dried with low temperature air drying.  

 

Each tong of 7 cakes is wrapped in bamboo leaf!

Tea weight: 400 grams

Vintage: Spring 2017 material

Quantity: 50 kilograms in total

Area: He Bian Zhai of Mengku County, Lincang Prefecture

Wrapper Design by Benjamin Denkert (Germany)

 

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 191 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 191 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 191 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.

Overall rating: 4.857143 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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Full Bodied and Complex

"A complex, full bodied blend of smoothness, citrus, and astringency that holds up for many steeps. Strong cha qi."

— Aryae C. (5/5)

Super tea

"Thank you for wonderful tea at fair price . . I got some great oolong and gushu tea before Trump's tarriF"

— B S. (5/5)

A Classic Wild Tree Sheng Pu-erh

"I've been enjoying pu-erh tea for about 12 years and have about 30 pu-erh tea cakes in my collection -- mostly sheng. This is one of my favorites. I can taste all the qualities described above . Wild tree tea leaves picked by local families, natural dry storage, stone pressed tea cake. A full-bodied flavor with hints of sweetness. To my taste, this is a classic Yunnan aged sheng pu-erh tea."

— Aryae C. (5/5)

Bingdao character

"This tea tastes quite green at the moment, but there is potential in time for elegant honeyed tones to emerge. Its an approachable way to try a Bingdao style tea."

— Ven C. (4/5)

Worth the praise!

"The dry leaf has an awesome fresh, fruity & “green” aroma with some alcohol (fruit brandy) in the background. One rinsed, the smell becomes really pungent. The dominant notes are wet hay, freshly cut grass, cooked cabbage and anise. It evokes the feeling of being at a meadow after a summer rain that has broken a period of dry weather. The liquor is full bodied, quite thick and astringent, especially when brewed this strong. It seems to be drying and cooling in the throat, but warming for the body. Other than that, it makes me really relaxed and somewhat lightheaded, which could be because I didn’t eat a lot today though. I didn’t notice any strong coffeine rush effects. Taste-wise, this is also one of the most pleasant teas I have had chance to try. It is fairly complex with a protracted aftertaste. The vegetal side of the taste is the most prominent, but there is definitely a strong fruitiness as well, often very alcohol like both in taste and the mouthfeel. The way I brewed it, there is a decent amount of bitterness, through which the fruity sweetness emerges. There is also a notable woodsy tones, mostly cedar I would say. Now that I finished my sample, I can definitely see myself getting the whole cake at some point. The price seems more than adequate given the quality of the material."

— Tomáš G. (5/5)

Sweet and fruity

"Sweet and light flavor that reminds me of powdered sugar with a spice flavor that is woody and reminds me of sandalwood incense. As the session progresses the aroma and flavor of slightly green apricot comes through. It is cooling on the tongue and a bitsalivating. The aroma of anise or fennel came through at one point. The qi is nice and mellowing, but nothing crazy. I originally ordered this as part of a Lincang sampler. I did blind tasting for the first round and eventually settled on this and two others. It took some time to get my brewing parameters dialed in, but the result is a creamy texture, sweet with touch of fruit and wood. Really nice gong fu or western (brew it lightly for western)."

— Kyle M. (5/5)

So sweet! So Amazing!

"Aroma: Gosh I am in love with this fresh Sheng! It literally was love at first sniff :D - there is such an uniqueness to its whole aromatic structure which is majorly sweet orientated. The first thing I noticed when I opened the package was such an overwhelming freshness and also a very distinct flavor of fresh strawberries with their green. Lovely! If those leaves are a bit cooled down you might notice a slightly fruity alcoholic hint to it! Smelling on those empty cups after you took the last sip is another highlight within this amazing tea - such a great mix of beeswax and honey! Taste: The texture of the actual liquor is very silky and creamy with such a instant sweetness from the start. This sweetness is on one half of it very sweet corn syrup like with a sweet vegetable but also with a fruity note of strawberries plus a hint of Nam dok mai (Thai mango) at the very end of it. But talking about strawberries this isn't only naturally noticeable also in a mix between this and a Hi-Chew strawberry gum flavor version too (Japanese gum candy)! This fellow is very unique. I never ever got such a special profile within a fresh sheng. In some ways there is a touch of Taiwanese Oolong flavor in it. Very uncommon. I never ever tasted such a sweet Sheng! Besides those fruity aspects there is also something cooling and warming to it. Within the throat you can feel a certain cooling sensation which is quite minty in some ways but for the rest of the body it is more a warming and relaxing experience. There is no bitterness within this fresh Raw at all. This is one of the best fresh Shengs I've ever had! Just amazing! More reviews & photos at https://www.instagram.com/zerozen_artlab/"

— ZeroZen (5/5)

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