NEW 1997 TRADITIONAL LOOSE LEAF GREEN PUERH

Type: Sheng/Uncook Weight: 100g Measurements: 6.5g/75ml/Full boil Steeping Time: 20s flush 20s/15s/20s/25s/30s/35s/45s/1m/1m30s see Brewing Tea Price Enquiry

This private batch of traditional loose green puerh comes from Simao, Yunnan Province. It is a product of a small family run production that spans several generations. What makes this collection unique from the popular wet storage of the 90s is the exceedingly clean, dry storage these leaves have undergone resulting in spectacularly vivid and pulsating characters. The tea leaves are harvested from natural growth plantation consisting mainly of tender top leaves that are strong in aroma and flavor. The leaves are traditionally hand processed, undergoing an intensive high-rolling procedure to lock in the flavors of the tea before being sun dried and allowed to slowly mature in a porous earthenware container. Reaching an adolescence stage the tea shows aged characters combined with the lingering remnants of youth. The quality of the tea leaves easily allow for upwards of 10 steeping.

While the sharp, raw, mouth numbing bitterness and youthful characters have noticeably faded into the background this tea remains very much alive and active making it an ideal candidate for further ageing. The deep color of age exhibited in the brew shows excellent clarity. After flushing the warm and sweet aroma of the leaves open to a combination of wood, camphor, fragrant blossoms, plums, organics and a range of other minor nuances. The tannins and flavor is strong and can be considered rough on the palate, a normal state at this stage of adolescence. The brew exhibits a complex range of flavors starting with dominant flavors of wood, wild mushrooms and peat in the initial steeps followed by an emerging sweetness of fruits and rock sugar in later steeps. The finish is cool and fragrant. The depth and complexity in this tea will continue to develop and benefit from further ageing.

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