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Menghai "Lao Shu Bai Cha" White Tea Cake * Spring 2021 | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

Menghai "Lao Shu Bai Cha" White Tea Cake * Spring 2021

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
$6.75 - $51.75
$6.75
$6.75 - $51.75
$6.75

This is pressed from Spring 2021 harvested "Chang Ye Bai Hao" varietal white tea (a hybrid of Fuding Bai Mu Dan and Camellia Taliensis) plants growing in Gelanghe area of Menghai County in Xishuangbanna (Yunnan).

First flush of spring 2021 tea leaves picked from established plantation bushes was processed into something akin to Yue Guang Bai (moonlight white) or Shou Mei by a process of frying (kill green) at a temperature of 120-140c for a few minutes, then rolling in a hot wok at a temperature of about 70c, then allowed to wither for an hour or so and then finally dried in a lower temperature wok at about 50c.  Finally the tea is air-dried using fans to slowly "blow-dry" the tea.  During this final phase the tea withers again slightly bringing some slight "red tea" taste to the tea.

The brewed tea is sweet, with thick body and lubricating mouth-feel.  The sweetness is honey-like some slight floral notes.  It brews a deep golden tea soup and slides happily through the mouth and throat bringing a kind of soothing fullness with it.  It can be infused 7 or 8 times gong fu style (maybe more depending on your brewing style and leaf quantity).

This something that will age and develop with the coming years and can be stored like pu-erh alongside other raw cakes.

Spring 2021 harvested tea

Gelanghe Mountain, Menghai County of Xishuangbanna

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Overall rating: 4.5 / 5 from 20 reviews.

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Easy drinking

"Vanilla and hay"

— Marek I. (4/5)

solid white tea😸👍

"this is a good tea for a quiet evening or a quiet morning in my opinion, soft without hitting you in the head, just like white tea should be🌱😸🤝"

— Danylo O. (5/5)

This is a nice tea

"This is a nice tea which is relatively simple and straight forward. Nothing too special. The cake and leaves are nice. Very smooth."

— Stefan D. (4/5)

Really enjoyed this tea. Very

"Really enjoyed this tea. Very smooth."

— Guest C. (5/5)

Enjoyable tea!

"I've finally tasted the small sample I got a few months ago. Very interesting tea, deep and super creamy, with a light aftertaste of raisin and honey. A little bit floral. I like it!"

— Alex (5/5)

Lovely now, can’t wait for a few more years of age

"Brewed 8g in 150 ml. 185F. Dry leaf: toasty and malty. Wet nose: milk chocolate, malt, raisins. Thick and creamy texture. This tea surprised me as the taste for me is mango and honey with a little bit of mineral and mint aftertaste. The smell of the empty cup brings another pleasant sensation of walking into a florist shop and being enveloped in a myriad of floral scents. When I first smelled the wet leaves, I thought this smells like lots of others I’ve tried. But its multi faceted nature makes it a lovely, singular experience. Can’t wait to see how it develops with more age."

— Kat R. (5/5)

Love it. Very worth aging.

"Love it. Very worth aging."

— Ian H. (5/5)

Good But Not As Good As It Will Be When Aged More

"after trying a white tea from 2018, this one from 2015 really showed what an extra two years of aging can do. there was very little bitterness and the tea felt well rounded and more deep. at 207 degrees i tasted dried plum and carob. was very lightly compacted and sadly had lots of stems-machine harvested? still a good tea. if you're looking for aged white teas to try, i recommend to look at older ones where the aging is more thorough and complex and the price is practically the same for an older better tea."

— wren (4/5)

good stuff

"This tea has the classic compressed white tea smell when brewed gong fu. The taste is much lighter than its smell, but does not disappoint."

— BA (4/5)

wet autumn leaves

"Picked up a sample of this tea. For me the main taste is of wet (maybe slightly rotten) autumn leaves, for me not what I'm looking for in an (aged) white tea."

— Christian (3/5)

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Old Tree meaning its organic ? No pesticide spray ?
That's just the name. I'm not sure about age of trees or pesticides use.
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