2017 Loose Leaf Gu Hua Sheng
2017 Loose Leaf Gu Hua Sheng
Sourced By the Dongsa Cooperative
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truefruit90dried apricottruespice70sandalwood, junipertruevegetal60tulsitruesavory50vanilla cake
Tasting Profile
- fruit - dried apricot
- spice - sandalwood, juniper
- vegetal - tulsi
- savory - vanilla cake
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- DATE OF
PICKINGAugust 2017
- Qianjiazhai Mt. Ailao
- ELEVATION2140 m
- Qianjiazhai AssamicaTea
Varietal
The Zhenyuan Dongsa Cooperative's Gu Hua harvest is a careful blend of maocha from trees aged between one hundred and three hundred years old, picked for a balanced and rich full body and aroma. Gu Hua is the very early autumn harvest prized for its rich flavor and intense aroma. These truly wild trees grow in one of the oldest and most remote tea forests in the world, on Mt. Ailao. Every leaf in the loose leaf sheng pu'er maocha is hand picked and carefully sun-dried with minimal time on the wok for a more natural and pure flavor.
- DATE OF
PICKINGAugust 2017
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'Three hundred to five hundred year old trees can yield only a kilogram or two at most, and are picked only once a year to encourage further growth for future generations. The flavor of trees at this age picks up more thick woody, foresty notes to balance the fruit and florals. The brewed liquor is more translucent and golden.'
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46-820820 seconds10562086 seconds3412room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
add 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy
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