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Ba Da Shan Shu Pu'er

Ba Da Shan Shu Pu'er

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Complex Badashan Shu
This cake from Wang Yanxin's personal cellar shows off a deep nuanced profile with notes of sweet cedar, toasted marshmallow, plantain, and vanilla, with a light refreshing texture.
Ba Da Shan ♦ Shu Pu'er
Complex Badashan Shu
This cake from Wang Yanxin's personal cellar shows off a deep nuanced profile with notes of sweet cedar, toasted marshmallow, plantain, and vanilla, with a light refreshing texture.
Ba Da Shan ♦ Shu Pu'er
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Sourced by Wang Yanxin

Small farmers and micro-workshops across Yunnan are often denied the chance to show off their incredible work, overshadowed by big labels. Wang Yanxin believes in small producers, helping them reach a wide audience without big brand labels.
 
The result is pristine, hand-finished tea, aged offerings and regional collaborations that inspire new styles. Wang Yanxin has devoted her career and formidable palate to these collaborations, searching far and wide for the very best.
    • DATE OF PICKING~2018
    • Ba Da ShanYunnan Province
    • ELEVATION500-1400 meters
    • Da Ye ZhongTea Varietal

    Wang Yanxin has been collecting pu’er for almost twenty years, and has built her reputation around scouting out the smallest workshops doing the best work regardless of brand name. This cake from her personal cellar lacks all the trappings of a fancy label and nei fei. Indeed, Wang Yanxin has lost track of exactly what year she acquired this offering, but we are thinking around 2018 at the latest. Of course this cake is priced to reflect the lack of collector’s clarity, but having opened a few cakes to taste for ourselves, we are pretty excited about the flavor profile. This cake is all about its sweet, slightly cooling cedar forest flavor, the touch of toasty marshmallow in the aftertaste and the light clean feeling on the palate.

  • true
    30
    sweet cedar
    true
    55
    toasted marshamallow
    true
    30
    plantain
    true
    35
    vanilla
    false
    true
    rocky, light, clean

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - sweet cedar
    • savory - toasted marshamallow
    • fruit - plantain
    • floral - vanilla
    • texture - rocky, light, clean


Wang Yanxin also recommends:

  • 'Most pu’er does become more complex over time. Astringency mellows out, darker and richer flavors come through. Textural complexities become more pronounced. Starting with an intriguing young pu’er of high quality with lots of textures and flavors at play will increase your chances of graceful aging.'

  • 4
    8
    212
    60 seconds
    30-40
    4
    5
    212
    20 seconds
    10-15
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    4 g.8
    oz.
    use 212° watersteep 60 secondsresteep many times
    add 30-40 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    4 g.5 ozuse 212° watersteep 20 seconds
    add 10-15 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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