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2005 Xiangming "Big Green Tree" Yi Wu Mountain Raw Pu-erh Tea

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Original price $13.00 - Original price $132.00
Original price
$13.00
$13.00 - $132.00
Current price $13.00

Xiangming Tea Factory is a medium sized Menghai area tea factory that has been around since the late 1990's.  They produce teas from Menghai and Yi Wu, both raw and ripe.

This production is purely first flush Yi Wu Mountain area tea.  Likely it's a blend of a few different Yi Wu area villages.  It was pressed in 2005 and then aged in Guangzhou since then until April 2020 when it was purchased by us.

With the 15 years of Guangdong dry aging this tea has developed into something very rounded and soft with a nice honey sweetness.  The tea soup is thick and full-bodied with a honey-golden hue.  This is a complex, comforting and subtle tea that gradually transforms and shows itself when brewed gong fu style.

357 Grams per cake

2005 Spring Harvest

Pressed by the Xiangming Tea Factory of Menghai

** Some wrappers may be bug-bitten with little holes in the paper. There may also be some dust between the wrapper and the cake. Rinse tea once or twice briefly before drinking! If you are squeamish please don't order this tea!

Overall rating: 4.8333335 / 5 from 6 reviews.

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Nice Raw Pu-erh

"I am not a fan of Raw Pu-erh teas. They taste like straw to me. But this one was actually good: the straw taste was light and sweet. I would say balanced and rich."

Thomanack (5/5)

Tea for life!

"This tea is the only tea I drink. The aftertaste is sweet and clean. The effect is mildly euphoric. It cleans out my kidneys. The taste is clean it taste much better than water. I’ve been drinking it for years and I love it."

Kim s. (5/5)

I love this tea! It’s

"I love this tea! It’s a great pick me up and it has excellent cleansing qualities. The taste is smooth and never bitter"

Kim S. (5/5)

One not to miss!

"A sweet on your tongue aftertaste that is remarkable from first steep to last. While this tea is still smokey on the nose with wood and some heavy cigar notes, it has a lovely sweet honeysuckle taste and aftertaste that lingers on the back of your tongue for some time. The finish is looking. It is already a daily drinker and in 2-10 years this will be super amazing. There are some brown stains on the wrapper on both sides, but the cake is clean, smells nice. Another reviewer calls it a hidden gem, I agree, The sweetness like this makes this a really good puerh cake. I recommend if you like teas with a sweet aftertaste and ever so slightly puerh smokey taste you get this its so like though its almost a sugar bomb but not quite. Reminds me of a CYH Yiwu but not quite as good as the older ones -at least not yet - but soon. Incredible aging potential but I can't stop drinking it now. I bought a sample, then the cake, and plan to get another cake. Worth getting a cake at this price."

AlanR (5/5)

A hidden gem?

"Surprised this doesn't have more reviews. Perhaps it seems a little too "anonymous" to garner much attention. But for me it was something special! The first steep or two is a bit sweet, smoky, and even tart--I was reminded of barbecue sauce. The middle steeps are multifaceted and pleasant, with a medium-thick body. A woody quality comes out, as well as steamed vegetables (zucchini). Meanwhile a range of interesting sensations emerge and transform--an herbal/minty cooling effect, a warmth, and a tingling/spicy feeling. And yet it all blends together enjoyably. The mind/body effects of this tea are very compatible with my chemistry (or chi, or whatever). I get a sense of calm alertness that lasts for quite a while."

Mike K. (5/5)

A promising sample

"Got a sample of this tea and have been really enjoying it! Has a great lingering sweetness and nice woody aged taste. Thinking about getting a cake!"

Ben T. (4/5)

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