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Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018
Smooth and silky with a deep
fermentation taste and sweet
and malty notes
About this tea
This Shu Pu’er tea cake is produced at the Wa Shan Ecological Tea Garden in Lincang, on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan. The farmers grow a suite of specialty cultivars that produce exquisite teas for our Garden Direct collection, including Yunnan Purple Buds, Lily Black, Honey Green, White Crescent and others. Made from their most prominent cultivar, the Mengku Broad Leaf, a strain of the ancient broad leaf assamica which is favored for Pu’er tea and grows in the Mengku area of western Yunnan. The local Wa farmers planted most of their gardens with Mengku Broad Leaf and some Fengqing Broad leaf varieties to make some of the best organic certified Pu’er teas available in both Sheng and Shu categories. Our Wa Shan Shu Pu’er cake is crafted from spring buds and processed by pile-fermentation of Saiqing maocha over a period of 65 days before being pressed into cakes. Like a fine wine that is properly vintaged, Pu'er tea has the ability to age beautifully, developing new flavors over time.
Origin
Wa Shan, Cangyuan County, Yunnan Province, China
Cultivar
Mengku Da Ye Broad Leaf & Fengqing Da Ye Broad Leaf
Harvest
Spring 2018
Elevation
1600 - 1802 meters
Ingredients
Pu'er tea



Ingredients
Pu'er tea

Origin
Wa Shan, Cangyuan County, Yunnan Province, China
Cultivar
Mengku Da Ye Broad Leaf & Fengqing Da Ye Broad Leaf
Harvest
Spring 2018
Elevation
1600 - 1802 meters
Preparation
- Imperial
- Metric
1 Tbsp 8-9g
5-6.75 oz 150-200mL
212°F 100°C
5-10 seconds
Traditional Tea Preparation
Chip the cake carefully with a pick or Pu’er dagger.
Add 8g - 9g to a gaiwan or gongfu teapot (per 150mL-200mL).
Use 212°F boiling water.
Briefly rinse leaves for 5 - 10 seconds. Decant and discard this rinse infusion. Proceed to infuse the tea using boiling water. Enjoy each infusion individually and savor the flavors of each round.
Decant 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th infusions after 45 seconds. The tea infuses fast and gives out its strength in the beginning of the session. Brew the tea several times until the taste weakens. Increase the infusion time to your taste preference after you become familiar with the tea.



Origin
Wa Shan
Cangyuan County, Yunnan Province, China
Wa Shan Ecological Tea Garden sits in Lincang, on the border with Myanmar (Burma) in southwestern Yunnan. Surrounded by a lush and biodiverse mountainous region, this certified organic tea farm is one we have been working with since 2013. Wa Shan is a famous tea mountain since ancient times named after the Wa ethnic minority who have farmed tea in this region for more than a thousand years.








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