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2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Gan Hai Zi" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Gan Hai Zi" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Brand Pu-erh
$12.25 - $118.75
$12.25
$12.25 - $118.75
$12.25

Gan Hai Zi village (Dry Ocean Village) is located in the southeast of Jing Gu county of Simao.  The leaves used for our production come from mature and naturally growing tea trees.  The tea was picked in during the last days of September and the first week of October during the dry cool sunny weather that follows the end of the monsoon season in southern Yunnan.  

Gan Hai Zi is a high altitude tea (1700 meters) that gives a high aroma, cooling mouth-feel, sweet, floral, with a bitter and astringent finish.  This pu-erh is very much an experiential tea, with complexity and a completely unique character. The leaves and stems are very burly and attest to their old tree origins.  

 

400 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

50kg in total produced

Wrapper Design by Timothy Chacko

 

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: 4.5 / 5 from 4 reviews.

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Bitter and metallic

"This autumn pick sheng from Jinggu is predominately bitter, with vegetal, floral and tart qualities supplementing it. Overall, there is a lot of complexity though with many more subtleties. The dry leaf aroma is quite strong and reminds me mostly of beeswax and yuzu. On the other hand, the wet leaves do not have too strong of a smell. It is vegetal and at times woody, with notes like strawberry leaf and celery root. Taste-wise, the tea is bitter from the get go. In the early steeps, the taste progression is something like: bitter initially, followed by vegetal notes (celery, fenugreek) and tart finish, savoury (matured cheese) aftertaste that becomes more like fermented fruits over time. I found it refreshing and somewhat metallic. Later steeps are more floral (rapeseed) with a spicy and peppery finish. I also get sugarcane and some mildly earthy and dry grass tones. The mouthfeel is smooth, milky and mouth-watering generally. Overall, it seems like a good candidate for aging. It can be drunk right now if you are ok with a decent amount of bitterness, the complexity is there. However, it is far from my favourite in terms of the taste profile."

— Tomáš G. (4/5)

Fun tea experience

"Very smooth and cool, light mouthfeel until it thickens a little at the end. Astringency settles on the back of the tongue after finished. Definitely a fun tea. Some complexities that require more steeps. Long lasting mouthfeel and survived many steeps very well."

— Nathan D. (4/5)

Like a warm early Autumn day in the mountains!

"Bouquet: Thick green vegetable note with a certain hearty aspect to it like bacon or slightly hints of smoked cranberry ham. Notes of French beans with a touch of butter, edamame and avocado. Liquor: Definitely on the green veggie side with a nice ripe thick baked fruity coating to it. Long and persistent mouth feel and echo. Gloomy and already a bit darker inside its yellowness liquor. Another strong aspect is the field flower alpine meadow flair it fiddles its folk like story around. This tea is like a warm sunny early Autumn experience deep within needle forest mountains sitting directly next to a fresh and cool mountain spring. There you have it all pine needles, forest dark honey, hints of tree resin, fresh cut off tree bark, herbs like camomile, gentian but not strongly bitter, dandelion, daisies, young fresh spinach salad, especially French beans, green asparagus and a natural herbal version of marshmallows - we call it Eibisch (pronounced Eyebish). Especially one aspect that many Autumns got inherited is also one of my favorite ones ~ oven backed candied apples and pears - Yummy! Talking about deliciousness - this buddy is a winner as he could be! Later within the 3rd infusion you might also discover a very lovely light vanilla pudding flair with a hint of lemon to it plus another sweet aspect of cherry blossom Hi-Chews (Japanese gums) and strawberry yogurt gums but blended in perfectly and not overpowering - just a gently deliciously touch of it! Amazing tea for a very low prize - Highly recommendable! More Reviews & Photos at https://www.instagram.com/zerozen_artlab/"

— ZeroZen (5/5)

Yunnan Sourcing Gan Hai Zi

"What a joy is tea! I appreciate the sample assortments that allow for the tasting of teas side by side. The videos and reviews of they teas have also helped me to discern subtle differences in the teas I try. Recently I ordered a Jinggu tea sampler of raw Pu-erh teas. I made each of these teas in a gai-wan and was impressed with the clean, complex flavors that moved from a pleasant bitterness to sweet. I felt confident that the teas from this region were very good and ordered the Gan Hai Zi tea cake. Although this was not part of the sampler, it was from the same region. The flavors that I love in a ripe Pu-erh were there. The strength was quite as much as some of the other Pu-erhs I've tried. Some I was able to approach 15 infusions. With the Gan Hai Zi I got around 9 infusions. This is a very nice tea and Yunnan Sourcing gives us new to fine Oolongs and Pu-erhs a vivid and effective way to learn about these teas."

— Tim S. (5/5)

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