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2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Jiu Tai Po" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Jiu Tai Po" Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$22.00 - $181.50
$22.00
$22.00 - $181.50
$22.00

Spring harvest tea leaves from 200-300 year old tea trees growing in Jiu Tai Po village in Jinggu county of Simao.  Jiu Tai Po or "9 Mesa Village" is a small village with about 1200 inhabitants.  Many are involved in tea production, the surrounding hills are covered forest and tea growing, often among larger trees.  The elevation is an ideal 1500 meters.

Our Jiu Tai Po village tea cake is a sweet, thick, and pungent tea.  It's got grain-like taste, bitterness and floral notes much like a good IPA!  The cha qi is noticeable but not overpowering. Can be infused 10+ times without losing power.

Stone-pressed in the traditional manner.  

Wrapper design by Giovanni Crispino

250 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo tong)

30 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 2 reviews.

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Thick texture and grainy taste.

"Jiu Tai Po has all the marks of a pu’er I would like to add to my collection. It has a unique flavour profile, pungent taste, long aftertaste with a strong huigan, full body, and a grounding cha qi. The dry leaves have a sweet floral aroma that reminds me of hot and humid summer days, in the preheated pot there’s also a citrus and parsley like scent. Wet leaves, on the other hand, display a very strong grainy aroma. The rinse presents a crisp, malty, and vegetal liquor with a sweet apple note to it. It’s quite different from the subsequent infusions though. Soon enough, a pungent mix of bitter and sweet vegetal flavours takes the center stage. The profile is grainy with notes of sunflower and very much like wheat beer, just much more bitter. Aftertaste bring more of floral orchid-like notes, some lemon tart sweetness that keeps a sour bite, and a spicy vegetable broth umami. Texture-wise, the liquor is extremely thick and creamy, at once numbing and cooling in the mouth. The cha qi seems to be more of the heady kind rather than inducing pronounced bodily sensations."

— Tomáš G. (5/5)

Nice tea

"Darned good tea. Only had a chance to do one session so far. Interesting. Normally jinggu teas have the orchid flavor up front. Not here. The first steep was very grassy herbal. Thick & oily . Very rich. Dark soup for a young sheng. Orchid flavor appeared on the second steep. & the soup was green/brown like a 5+ year old sheng. Then on steep 3 the orchid moves from the soprano voice into the bass. At this point the main flavor becomes malty & sweet. Then over time it moves into mushroom flavor but very thick & honey sweet. Complex tea.. i hope to buy some."

— Philip H. (5/5)

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