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2014 Cha Yu Lin "Quan Ye Wu Gen" Fu Zhuan Tea

Original price $7.00 - Original price $70.00
Original price
$7.00
$7.00 - $70.00
Current price $7.00

 

Cha Yu lin is a small An Hua area tea producer that produces their own Fu Cha, Tian Jian and Qian Liang (and Bai Liang) Cha. They have been producing teas under this brand since 2005. Their attention to care and detail in their productions is admirable and we are proud to be able to offer this incredibly delightful Wu Long Mountain Fu Brick!

This 1000 gram tea brick is composed entirely of spring harvest material Gao Jia Mountain (高家山) in An Hua county area mountainous tea gardens. This tea is referred to as "Quan Ye Wu Gen" (全叶无根), which means "Just Leaves without Stems". At the time of picking, only the leaves and buds were picked without the stem. This style of picking is rare in Fu Cha production and results in a very sweet, strong and complex tea! There may be a few stems present in the brick but as a ratio is much much less than a normal fu brick. 

The tea was fermented, then pressed into bricks where the golden flowers flourish in the inner section of the brick where the conditions are just right to support them. After a few days of the Golden Flowers thriving, bricks are dried gradually using a temperature of 37C which gradually halts the spread of the flowers without damaging them or the tea leaves.

High quality tea leaves, expert processing, and several years of aging come together to make this a very enjoyable Fu Brick!

1000 grams per brick. 

2014 harvest and 2015 pressing

Growing Altitude:  700-800 meters

Region:  Gao Jia Shan (Mountain) of An Hua County (Hunan Prefecture).

 

** Because there is a possibility the golden flowers were inoculated using wheat flour we cannot guarantee this tea is safe for those with Celiac Disease or those that have severe gluten induced allergies **

Overall rating: 4.3333335 / 5 from 3 reviews.

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Elegant aged Fu

"My second favorite Fu brick. Velvety smooth, but needs care in brewing to prevent bitterness. I brew with short steeps and get a kind creamy fruit taste from it. Very nice."

Fred B. (5/5)

A bit bitter - I prefer more stems

"Nice creamy and smooth tea with a hint of vanilla but a little bit bitter for my taste. Perhaps it will mellow out with more age. I prefer bricks with more stems - this one lacks depth and feels a bit thin and drying to me. Not as balanced as some Fu bricks I have sampled."

Wilhelm W. (3/5)

Strong Spiced Apple Cider Fu Brick

"On the search for more tasty dark soupy Fu brick, this one seemed worthy of checking out with 50 gram sample for being a nearly stem-free brick. I've also had (and am hording) a few excellent Cha Yu Lin teas. Contrary to the photo shoot above, the tea chunks removed for the sample have a dull matte dusty look to them. Notable but not alarming. Golden flowers are visible on the leaves. As is typically a sign of quality Fu this tea needed a rinse and two steeps to fully wake up (all of which I drank) and get going. The tea soup color starts off golden hay then golden amber and then dark amber/red further in the session. By the 3rd steep the flavor has grown to be sticky sweet with a sour, tart and pungent character like citrus, apple / apple cider, apricots and a little bready. Onward, the flavor and pungent character gets stronger adding a nice balanced astringency which in combination with the long aftertaste gives the impression of a tingling clove/cardamom-like spice taste. The only earthy taste noticeable is a very subtle background character of 'autumn leaves after the rain' that appears at the end of the long aftertaste. This tea doesn't have any smokiness, which can be nice but I don't seek out smokey Fu. No rock sugar/molasses taste that I notice either. But sour fruity Fu always makes me happy. At some point the the strong pungent character fades and mellows as it winds down in strength. If you're familiar with Fu cha you know it's generally a fairly mellow tea. But the tart pungency and astringent spiciness in this one give it a bit of a lively character for most of the session; 'lively' within the context of Fu cha of course. Overall, this is a satisfying tea. There are other Fu bricks that are a bit more complex, but it tastes good enough to be a daily drinker. To compare it to other Fu cha offered here, the flavor is somewhat similar to the Bai Sha Xi "Jin Fu Rui"."

Ryan P. (5/5)

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