2014 Gong Ting Shu Cake
2014 Gong Ting Shu Cake
Sourced By the Dongsa Cooperative
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truesavory100tatamitruefloral65spearminttruespice45semolina breadtruefruit45juniper
Tasting Profile
- savory - tatami
- floral - spearmint
- spice - semolina bread
- fruit - juniper
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- DATE OF
PICKINGMarch 2014
- Qianjiazhai Mt. Ailao
- ELEVATION1900
- V. AssamicaTea
Varietal
Master Zhou and his students in the Qianjiazhai Dongsa Cooperative hand-carved a 100g cake stone mold for their collaboration with Verdant and selected a beautiful 2014 looseleaf Gong Ting harvest to hand-press. This Gong Ting cake is made from only small buds picked from trees around one hundred years of age in the early spring before Qingming festival. This tea was allowed to age loose for two years, giving it a sweet and extremely clean profile. The bud material yields a thick rich mouthfeel.
- DATE OF
PICKINGMarch 2014
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'This Spring, we were lucky to return to Qianjiazhai to meet more of the talented people behind Qianjiazhai’s old tree pu’er and black tea. Through the cooperative, these families and individuals can work together the share resources and knowledge, teaching and learning from each other while protecting and acting as stewards over tea trees in the oldest tea forest in the world'
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46-820530 seconds15-304620510 seconds10-30412room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6-8
oz.use 205° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 15-30 sec. each infusionGongfu
4 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 10 seconds
add 10-30 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy
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