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Early Spring "Sun-Dried Buds" Wild Pu-erh Tea Varietal | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

Early Spring "Sun-Dried Buds" Wild Pu-erh Tea Varietal

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
$7.00 - $82.00
$7.00
$7.00 - $82.00
$7.00
These little white buds come from wild-growing Camellia Assamica Dehongensis varietal. It is a sub-varietal of camellia that grows in the tropical area of Dehong and Lincang in southwestern Yunnan. The buds are picked in early February and then sun-dried. The flavor is fresh and a little fruity somewhat similar to a good white tea but more complex flavors. The brewed liquor is whitish and clear, and there is a hint of fresh pine needles in the aroma!

Vintage:  Mid-Late February
Production area:  Mangshi County of Dehong (Yunnan)
Pure Bud Pluck
Camellia Dehongensis varietal

Overall rating: 4.512195 / 5 from 41 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Early Spring 'Sun-Dried Buds' Wild Pu-erh Tea Varietal from Dehong, Yunnan, offers a fresh and fruity taste with hints of honey and resin. Customers appreciate its floral and piney aroma. The quality of the buds is noted for adding a nice touch to the mix.

Summary topics

  • Taste: 45%
  • Aroma: 21%
  • Bud Quality: 15%

Review topics: ["taste","quality","smell","tea","aroma","sweetness","bitterness","brew","fragrance","body","color","buds","notes","liquor","spice","infusions","astringency","temperatures","dust"].

Review highlights

  • "Smells good and tastes delicious." — Mitchell Y.
  • "I would say "resinous," with the same volatile, aromatic compounds pine resin has, High minerality, very fresh tasting." — Colin P.
  • "It smells fresh and has a subtle sweet note to its body" — Patrick K.

Reviews

Fun to try!

"This tea is fun and different, I haven’t really tried anything like this. Before I read the comments, my thought on the aroma was more of a citrus blossom scent rather than the pine forest everyone mentions, but I can see that as well. Brews up very light and clear in color. I think this definitely benefits from longer brews at high temps to bring out the most flavor. Seems like it could a fun tea to brew and then chill for a hot summer day."

— Patrick B. (4/5)

Intresting

"Piney , sweet , no astringency / bitterness/ smokiness even when overbrewed in 98C water . Would be amazing to see this year’s production be processed into oolong or black tea if possible, also i imagine making a tea resin out of this would be easy and extraordinarily tasty"

— Godo C. (5/5)

In a piney forrest

"Eyeballed 7 grams of This beautiful looking tea into a 110 ml gaiwan , first steep for 20 seconds at 80C , produced a clear liqueur with almost no color and tastes amazing ! Sweet and the flavor of a morning in a forrest full of pines . Would highly recommend as it is also quite cheap!"

— Godo (5/5)

Unique tea with great flavour

"A light tea with Pine flavours and a light sweetness, if you enjoy green teas and white teas this is a must try, Brewed 4 grams at ~70-85c in 125ml gaiwan for 25 seconds"

— Alex (4/5)

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— Lanny O. (5/5)

I don't like this tea

"Unique shape, scent too grassy and piney, way different than described."

— Coco S. (2/5)

An entire forest in a cup of tea

"This is an incredibly unique and delicious tea. A bit floral, fruity, and as many others have mentioned - pine-y. It has the aroma of fresh tree saplings and leaves. If you enjoy "green" flavor profiles, you will be impressed!"

— jon j. (5/5)

Fresh, subtle, sweet

"It smells fresh and has a subtle sweet note to its body"

— Patrick K. (4/5)

Very interesting.

"The nose has a bit of passionfruit to go with the pine resin and straw, but the dominant note is freshly roasted jalapeno pepper skin. It comes across more like a white than a green tea, with minimal vegetal/grassy notes and zero bitterness even when brewed with boiling water. It makes a light-textured brew with a taste that matches the nose, but with the roasted jalapeno toned down and supported by a thick backbone of straw and minerality."

— Sarge (4/5)

Excellent as usual

"Excellent as usual"

— Vahe A. (4/5)

Q&A

Does this tea age gracefully like some other white teas, or is this best experienced fresh?
It ages nicely. You can try a 2020 harvest and 2023 side-by-side for comparison.
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