Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018
Garden Direct Pu'er Tea
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Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018
Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018
Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018
Wa Shan Shu Pu'er Cake Vintage 2018

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.



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

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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.

Region Details

Region

Southwestern China

Elevation

1600-1802 meters

Harvest

March - June

Cultivar

Mengku Da Ye Broad Leaf & Fengqing Da Ye Broad Leaf