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2021 Wild Crassicolumna Black Tea

2021 Wild Crassicolumna Black Tea

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Wildly-complex,
naturally caffeine-free black tea
Picked from ancient near-tea-relative camellia crassicolumna trees and traditionally sun-oxidized, this unique black tea brews up with notes of brown sugar, juicy pear, nutmeg and marigold with a tingling aftertaste.
Spring 2021 ♦ Mt. Ailao, Yunnan
Wildly-complex,
naturally caffeine-free black tea
Picked from ancient near-tea-relative camellia crassicolumna trees and traditionally sun-oxidized, this unique black tea brews up with notes of brown sugar, juicy pear, nutmeg and marigold with a tingling aftertaste.
Spring 2021 ♦ Mt. Ailao, 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 PICKINGSpring 2021
    • QianjiazhaiMt. Ailao, Yunnan
    • ELEVATION2000-2250m
    • Camellia CrassicolumnaTea Varietal

    Available loose leaf, this new 2021 tea is picked from the early spring leaves and tender buds of the Camellia Crassicolumna tree, a close relative of the tea plant native to Qianjiazhai.

    Crassicolumna is naturally caffeine-free and high in antioxidants. Since Crassicolumna is native to the Qianjiazhai region, there are many examples of staggeringly old Crassicolumna trees. Mr. Li of the cooperative is actually employed by the local government as an environmental protection officer to make sure these ancient trees are protected from poaching, where outsiders would sneak in in the cover of darkness to cut the tall trees and quickly harvest their precious leaves. Mr. Li has found that the best way to protect the trees is to allow sustainable wild foraging by the people living in the protected region in exchange for their help watching over remote Crassicolumna groves. This extremely rare and labor-intensive to harvest offering is allowed to slowly sun-roast to oxidize and finished as a unique black tea with a rich fruity but wild flavor, all without the caffeine you’d see in camellia sinensis.

  • true
    85
    juicy pear, fruitcake
    true
    85
    brown sugar, barley
    true
    75
    cinnamon, nutmeg
    true
    40
    marigold
    true
    cozy, tingling, smooth, juicy

    Tasting Profile

    • fruit - juicy pear, fruitcake
    • savory - brown sugar, barley
    • spice - cinnamon, nutmeg
    • floral - marigold
    • texture - cozy, tingling, smooth, juicy


the Dongsa Cooperative also recommends:

  • 'This tea is striking in its complexity and depth. The brew was deep amber, almost more similar to the color of Rou Gui Wuyi Oolong than to black tea. The flavor was packed with floral gardenia, sweet grapes and an aftertaste that reminded us of cotton candy. As we steeped it out we got lychee, candied rose, honey and pineapple skin'

  • 5
    6-8
    205
    20 seconds
    10
    5
    6
    205
    8 seconds
    4
    5
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 205° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    5 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 8 seconds
    add 4 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

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

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