Wa Shan Sheng Pu'er Tea Cake Vintage 2017

Origin: Wa Shan, Cangyuan county, Yunnan province, China
Cultivar: Mengku Da Ye Broad Leaf & Fengqing Da Ye Broad Leaf
Elevation: 1600-1800
Harvest: 2017

This tea cake is produced by the artisans at the Wa Shan Ecological Tea Garden in Cangyuan county, on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan. The farmers grow a suite of specialty cultivars that produce exquisite teas in our Garden Direct collection, including Yunnan Purple Buds, Lily Black, and Honey Green. This tea cake is made from their most prominent cultivar, Mengku Broad Leaf, which is a strain of the ancient broad leaf assamica varieties that grows in the Mengku area of western Yunnan. The Wa farmers planted most of their gardens with Mengku Broad Leaf. The Mengku strain is prized for its mineral and green intensity, which transforms into crystalline sweet honey as the tea ages.