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2021 Loose Leaf Gu Hua Sheng

2021 Loose Leaf Gu Hua Sheng

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Master Zhou’s favorite harvest of the year
Full-bodied, sweet, juicy sheng pu’er picked in the early autumn from tea trees up to three hundred years old for a distinctive profile of jasmine, pear, licorice, cinnamon and tulsi with a mineral-laden texture.
September 2021 ♦ Qianjiazhai, Yunnan
Master Zhou’s favorite harvest of the year
Full-bodied, sweet, juicy sheng pu’er picked in the early autumn from tea trees up to three hundred years old for a distinctive profile of jasmine, pear, licorice, cinnamon and tulsi with a mineral-laden texture.
September 2021 ♦ 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 PICKINGSeptember 2021
    • QianjiazhaiMt. Ailao, Yunnan
    • ELEVATION2140 m
    • Qianjiazhai AssamicaTea Varietal

    Craft and terroir have come together beautifully for this 2021 early autumn harvest from Qianjiazhai's wild tea trees. The Dongsa Cooperative wild-forages buds and tender leaves from tea trees between one hundred and three hundred years of age for this loose sheng pu'er blend. Every hand-picked leaf is withered and sun-dried in bamboo baskets, with little or no heat exposure to lock in the most wild and natural flavor of one of the most remote growing regions in the world.

  • true
    90
    jasmine, vanilla
    true
    60
    watermelon, comice pear
    true
    70
    licorice, cinnamon
    true
    70
    basil, tulsi
    true
    tingling, mineral-laden

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - jasmine, vanilla
    • fruit - watermelon, comice pear
    • spice - licorice, cinnamon
    • vegetal - basil, tulsi
    • texture - tingling, mineral-laden


the Dongsa Cooperative also recommends:

  • '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.'

  • 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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