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2019 Single Tree Sheng

2019 Single Tree Sheng

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Stunning aged sheng pu’er
picked from a single tea tree
One huge, ancient tree on the Li Family’s remote mountainside was picked to produce this 2019 harvest. The rocky, biodiverse plot yields notes of aloeswood, ginger, candied violet, tulsi, and deep sparkling minerality
April 2019 ♦ Qianjiazhai, Yunnan
Stunning aged sheng pu’er
picked from a single tea tree
One huge, ancient tree on the Li Family’s remote mountainside was picked to produce this 2019 harvest. The rocky, biodiverse plot yields notes of aloeswood, ginger, candied violet, tulsi, and deep sparkling minerality
April 2019 ♦ Qianjiazhai, Yunnan
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Crafted by the Dongsa Cooperative

True zero-intervention wild tea, foraged from ancient tea forests in one of the most remote tea growing regions in the world.
 
The Dongsa Cooperative was founded to promote responsible stewardship of these tea forests and pass on old-school pu’er hand-crafting techniques that yield incredibly complex tea.
    • DATE OF PICKINGApril 2019
    • QianjiazhaiMt. Ailao, Yunnan
    • ELEVATION2003 M
    • Qianjiazhai AssamicaTea Varietal

    Qianjiazhai is home to some of the oldest tea trees in the world. Once again, we are extremely lucky this year to be able to offer a single-tree harvest from the oldest tree on the Li Family’s high elevation plot, estimated to 1300 years based on its trunk diameter. Located at 24°16'13.6"N and 101°12'19.6"E, this single tree needs to be carefully climbed to sustainably harvest about ten kilograms of leaf per year. Growing out of a rocky mountainside, and surrounded by a biodiverse wild growth of evergreens, tulsi plants and flowers, this tree benefits from cool misty air, and mineral-rich soil. It takes three people with linked arms to circle the trunk! The deep roots and thousand plus years of fighting for survival give this tea an incredible complexity full of yun cooling sensation and aloeswood incense undertones. The Li Family works with Master Zhou to dry this tea in bamboo baskets in the sun, and hand finish the maocha for traditional stone pressing. Even within a microclimate like Qianjiazhai, each mountaintop and valley has its own unique qualities, and the cooperative selected this tree as worthwhile to finish separate from their blended cakes to show off the stunning terroir and the complexity that is possible with ancient tree stock. Set aside a few cakes for aging and the yun cooling and tingling qualities continue to develop over the years. We’ve been following this tree for years now and have been blown away with the development we see in cellaring. 

  • true
    75
    banana, dried apple
    true
    55
    candied violet
    true
    40
    tulsi, pine sap
    true
    38
    brown sugar
    true
    85
    sparkling minerality, aloeswood, incense, ginger

    Tasting Profile

    • fruit - banana, dried apple
    • floral - candied violet
    • vegetal - tulsi, pine sap
    • savory - brown sugar
    • spice - sparkling minerality, aloeswood, incense, ginger


the Dongsa Cooperative also recommends:

  • 'This year, Master Zhou introduced us to another beautiful ancient tea tree with its own unique micro climate and distinctive flavor and aroma. The tree can be found at 24°16’13.6″N 101°12’19.6″E, at just over 2000 meters. The cooperative was kind enough to set aside the entire harvest of 2016 for us'

  • 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. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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