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2017 Yunnan Sourcing "San Ceng Yun" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

2017 Yunnan Sourcing "San Ceng Yun" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$14.75 - $154.50
$14.75
$14.75 - $154.50
$14.75

San Ceng Yun 三层云 is a small village southeast of Jinggu Town (the county seat) at an elevation of 1700 meters.  In total there are about 15 households in this small village, with 8 household engaged in tea production.  Our production is the entire of two households (the Yang and Zhang families), picked entirely from first flush spring harvested tea.  The tea trees range from 40 to 150 years old and grow wild on a steep hillside above the village.   The tea was picked and processed entirely by hand.  No machines were used for kill-green or rolling. 

 

San Ceng Yun tea is a balance of bitter and astringent with strong long-lasting after-taste.  Aroma is floral with a vegetal pungency.  Cha Qi is strong is dominating in nature.  Being wild-grown in a bio-diverse environment gives this tea a pure un-adulterated energy and character.  Excellent affordable tea that would be an excellent candidate for aging.

 

Stone-pressed in the traditional manner.  

Wrapper design by Marichka Turanska

400 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo tong)

50 kilograms in total

 

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 3 reviews.

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Infusable, balanced and with a protracted aftertaste.

"This tea excels in its balanced taste and the protracted aftertaste. The mouthfeel is also nice – thick and velvety. It is surely a powerful tea as others have pointed out, but it doesn’t give me much of a rushy feeling, which is great. The leaves don’t really have a strong smell, but the aroma of the empty cup and the infusion is quite a nice mix of floral and vegetal notes, similar to the long-lasting lingering notes I get in the aftertaste, which is also somewhat peppery and refreshing. One other noteworthy thing is the infusability. I am currently 1.4 litres into the session and still getting thick, flavourful infusions diplaying nice bitterness without much astringency. In fact the high point was probably somewhere around steep #8 or so, which is crazy."

— Tomáš G. (5/5)

Balanced, pure and clean

"This is an interesting one - the word 'Balance' comes first to mind - a very marked sense of clarity, cleanness and purity, with no obvious single tastes dominating. Not markedly sweet, but certainly not bitter either - I tried steeping for twice as long as usual and still could only manage to get a very mild bitterness from it. Subtle fruit-floral notes, and I did not detect any tobacco/smoke taste at all. A more restrained and subtle sugar-sweet aroma left in the cup, compared to some other "baked honey" shengs. Long-lasting after-taste. I guess I felt I was drinking this one mostly for the clarity and energy... and it does seem to have a very strong energy indeed."

— Jim K. (5/5)

Starting to ripen persimmon and Sweet Jubilee grapes

"I have gotten the 2017 Yunnan Sourcing "San Ceng Yun" Raw Pu-erh sample and this is the second one I am testing. Two rinses (6 gram with 100 ml boiling water) the wet leafs smell like cucumber filed at the end of the season with a slightly fermented hay. The first cup was very subtle and light. The second cup was full of just Starting to ripen persimmon and Sweet Jubilee grapes. With the light dry mouthfeel of not fully ripen persimmons. A very easy going new Raw pu-erh tea, I would consider buying a cake of this tea."

— Y.S (5/5)

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