2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan Hong" Black Tea Cake

Name: 2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan Hong" Black Tea Cake
Brand: Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
Price: 43.5 USD
Availability: InStock

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh

$7.50 - $43.50

$7.50

$7.50 - $43.50

$7.50

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We are very excited to offer a sun-dried, wild arbor, pure assamica varietal Black tea! It's harvested from 100+ year old tea trees growing naturally on Ku Zhu Mountain! Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previously known as Simao).

Sweet, floral, fruity with almost juice-like viscous tea soup and lots of body. Very infusable tea that gives evenly across 7 to 8 rounds, and then gives way to a bit thinner and sweet from round 8 onward. A good choice for near term aging. Will improve in flavor for many years to come!

A premium wild arbor black tea with excellent aging possibilities!

250 grams per cake, 7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong

April 2023 Harvest (only 100 kilograms produced)

Wrapper Illustration by Giovanni Crispino

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 404 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 404 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 404 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.

Overall rating: 4.714286 / 5 from 7 reviews.

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A master of multiple brews!

"A cake that evolves and changes with each infusion. Warm, butter bread to honey to grassy to fruity. The way the flavor evolve with shock and surprise you. I am at 8-9 gongfu brews and it is still giving. Shift from flash to longer infusions at 6 or 7. Great energy too! Warming and upbeat. Very accurate description on the YS site."

— Patrick H. (5/5)

Great Tea, typical Yunnan-Black-Aroma of

"Great Tea, typical Yunnan-Black-Aroma of oldgrowth-leaves, thick spoup, djungel-athmosphere. Great tea"

— christopher t. (5/5)

Smooth, easy to break apart

"The tea was smooth and easy to drink. A quick rinse is necessary. It was also easy to break apart. All-in-all a very good black tea cake (and it was my first black cake)."

— Jeffrey L. (5/5)

Wild Flowers Honey and Cacao

"Surprised by the quality of such a young cake. Definitely needs to age and if this is where it's starting I'm excited to unfurl it in the coming years. Has a but if a sheng feel with notes of wild flowers honey and cacao. g 190 degrees in a 160ml gaiwan. 5 steepings."

— Aaron W. (4/5)

Favorite black

"This tea has wonderful value for its price point. It is very dynamic with a wonderful cha qi, and blending of fruity, floral, malty, and honey notes that shift between infusions. It lingers with a very sweet almost floral honey finish. Im very excited to see what age will do to this cake but will continue to to drink it as is."

— Ashlynn M. (5/5)

Daily Driver

"A very delicious looking cake with lots of hairy leaves. The beautiful wrapper, light compression, and good value have made it a great everyday driver to leave out on the counter and steep regularly. Strong Chi. The taste was mellowed wonderfully and I personally would not age this cake."

— Lincoln V. (5/5)