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2018 Yiwu Bai Cha Yuan (Vintage) Puerh

2018 Yiwu Bai Cha Yuan (Vintage) Puerh

  • Melon
  • Plum
  • Sweet Barnyard Funk

This beautifully aged Sheng is a great example of a well-rounded Yiwu tea, with the plum fragrance in the soup that coats the top of the mouth and nasal area. Sweet melon and barnyard funk developed from maturation gives an amazing flavor in the body.

Region

  • Yiwu

Leaf Material

  • Leaf: Mixed picking of first and second spring flush, 2018
  • Tree Type: Forest-type
  • Storage: Xishuangbanna Natural Maturation


* For the Puerh we selected, we are confident for you to taste the full spectrum of its performance at 100 °C/ 212 °F.

Brewing Guide

Gong Fu Style:

  • Leaf ratio: 7g in a 150ml gaiwan / teapot (5g / 100ml)
  • Suggested water temp.: 100 °C/ 212 °F
  • 1st steep / addn'l (sec): 7 / 4 (flash steep)
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易武 白茶园

This tea was offered to us this spring, by a longtime tea producer friend in JingHong, a 2018 aged pressing of a private production from the premier Bai Cha Yuan region in Yiwu. As an Yiwu & 6 Ancient Mountain producer, we pay pilgrimage to Wan Gong (old name: Mansa) region. So imagine how excited and expectant we were to taste this tea, from Bai Cha Yuan, the best garden and most limited offerings in Wan Gong region. After the tasting, the pedigree of this top tier region shines through clearly.

The storage is impeccable, with the warmer JingHong climate yielding a beautifully aged puerh already. The gentle aging has coaxed classical Yiwu plum fragrance (梅子香), melon notes and sweet barnyard funk from this tea already -- an outstanding aged batch of tea from a prized area in Yiwu, showing how beautifully Yiwu tea matures.

TERROIR 

Bai Cha Yuan is a micro-region in the southern part of the greater Wan Gong area, just across the river from Cha Wang Shu. One of the most remote gardens of Wan Gong, the terroir here is pristine. If Wan Gong in general produces some of the most sought-after Yiwu teas, then Bai Cha Yuan is among the absolute cream of the Wan Gong crop.  

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