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2019 Qianjiazhai Sun Dried Black + Tea Flower Cake

2019 Qianjiazhai Sun Dried Black + Tea Flower Cake

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(100g / 3.53oz)
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Crafted By the Dongsa Cooperative

The Qianjiazhai Dongsa Cooperative was established to be a steward to the oldest tea forest in the world, wild-foraging and hand-finishing every leaf using traditional craft.
  • true
    floral
    35
    osmanthus honey, marigold
    true
    savory
    65
    steamed buns
    true
    fruit
    55
    candied orange peel
    true
    spice
    65
    cinnamon, minerality, rosewood

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - osmanthus honey, marigold
    • savory - steamed buns
    • fruit - candied orange peel
    • spice - cinnamon, minerality, rosewood
    • DATE OF PICKINGApril / August 2019
    • QianjiazhaiMt. Ailao, Yunnan
    • ELEVATION2140 m
    • Qianjiazhai AssamicaTea Varietal

    The Li Family’s black tea comes from Camellia sinensis var. assamica tea plants between one hundred and several hundred years of age. Some trees are still shrubs, while others require ladders to scale for picking.

    This new blend of 2019 spring wild-picked tea is heaped in thicker piles in bamboo baskets and allowed to oxidize under the bright Yunnan sun before being turned out for drying. No roast has been applied to the black tea in this tea cake, giving it a higher natural moisture content and the potential to age like sheng pu’er, even with its oxidized and sweet black tea flavor. The addition of 2019 autumn tea flowers brings even more sweet, sunny goodness to an already complex base, making for a darker deeper profile and a rewarding floral complexity.


  • 'Mr. Deng got in touch with old classmates and raised enough money to build his own workshop, inviting friends and neighbors from his home town to pick tea when they weren’t picking walnuts. He passes on his knowledge and offers a generous price to anyone who can help him pick tea, remembering his own hardship as he got started as a wild forager. He officially joined the Dongsa Farmer’s Cooperative five years ago, and his craftsmanship has been getting better every year under Mr. Zhou’s watchful eye'

  • 4
    6-8
    208
    20 seconds
    10
    5
    6
    208
    6 seconds
    3
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    4 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    5 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
    add 3 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    4 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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