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2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Wa Long Village" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Wa Long Village" Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$21.00 - $399.00
$21.00
$21.00 - $399.00
$21.00

Wa Long village is not far from Man Zhuan village in the Yi Wu mountain area.  It's a remote village and the tea we sourced from there is in the mountains about 1.5 hours by 4WD from Wa Long village.  A remote natural tea garden on steep mountainside with just a few hundred trees but all more than 100 years old.  Many as old as 400 years old.  All large leaf varietal.  The tea was picked and processed all in early April.  Tea from Wa Long is distinctive, with strong thick taste, some bitterness and very long stout leaves and stems.  Entire output of Wa Long village area teas for 1st flush is just 400 kilograms, we were able to get a portion of that.

 

250 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Pressed with 30kg stone presses by traditional method!

20 kilograms in total (80 cakes!)

Wrapper Design by Vladimir Seredin of Ukraine

 

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: 5.0 / 5 from 1 reviews.

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Very Tasty!

"I ordered a tiny 10 g sample only, given the price. Did the lot in a small Yixing pot, which was a tad excessive, yet revealed the full character of the tea nonetheless. Very strong, sweet 'jammy' fragrance to the dry leaf, which is always promising. I didn't bother rinsing this tea, given it's youth and purity - the pot quickly yielded a stout, thick soup with a beautiful rich red tinged hue. The colour was almost like the tea was aged already, although it is still very young. The astringency was quite something, although this was likely due to my overloading the pot. Nonetheless, I imagine this would calm down after a year or two, revealing the strong backbone of the tea in all it's glory. i get the feeling this tea would age very well. Flavour wise it's almost like a thick Dan Cong - you can really taste the jammy fruits in it, whereas other young Puerhs seem to have this quality somewhat restricted to the aroma. It's pricey stuff, but probably worth it. I might check out the Autumn cake for a more accessible option."

— Max P. (5/5)

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