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2015 Sheng - 1800 Yr Single Tree

2015 Sheng - 1800 Yr Single Tree

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Sourced By the Dongsa Cooperative

The Qianjiazhai Dongsa Cooperative was established to be a steward to the oldest tea forest in the world, finishing every leaf using hand processing and stone-pressing techniques.
  • true
    spice
    100
    aloeswood, ced
    true
    vegetal
    80
    wild forest
    true
    floral
    75
    vanilla, nag champa
    true
    fruit
    60
    schisandra, juniper

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - aloeswood, ced
    • vegetal - wild forest
    • floral - vanilla, nag champa
    • fruit - schisandra, juniper
    • DATE OF PICKING5/24/2015
    • Qianjiazhai Mt. Ailao
    • ELEVATION2100
    • Qianjiazhai YeshengTea Varietal

    This cake is an historic opportunity to experience true single origin tea. Every leaf in the cake comes from a single numbered wild tree over 1800 years old, hand-picked by Master Zhou and pressed into numbered hand editioned cakes. Tea from wild trees this old makes for a wild sparkling textural experience and a flavor full of incense, camphor and wild medicinal herbs. Only 100 cakes were pressed this year. Don't miss the opportunity to invest in something with unbelievable aging potential.


  • 'Eighteen hundred years ago, China was under the Han Dynasty. Tea as a beverage hadn’t yet been discovered. Tea was being used as a medicine, but not until the Tang did tea become popular as a drink of its own. It was not until the Song that people developed a ceremony around tea, almost a thousand years after this tree sprouted. For us to steep its leaves feels like entering a very holy place, a place worthy of respect.'

  • 4
    6-8
    205
    30 seconds
    15-30
    4
    6
    205
    10 seconds
    10-30
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    4 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 205° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
    add 15-30 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    4 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 10 seconds
    add 10-30 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    4 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
    8 hours hours
    add ice & enjoy

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