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Qianjiazhai 2014 Gong Ting Shu Brick

Qianjiazhai 2014 Gong Ting Shu Brick

$49.00
(250g pressing)
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Wild tender bud shu pu’er,
250g brick pressing
The Dongsa Cooperative aged this tiny bud gong ting shu pu'er for a decade before pressing into 250g bricks. Notes of cedar, molasses cake, honey and fig.
Spring 2014 ♦ Mt. Ailao, Yunnan
Wild tender bud shu pu’er,
250g brick pressing
The Dongsa Cooperative aged this tiny bud gong ting shu pu'er for a decade before pressing into 250g bricks. Notes of cedar, molasses cake, honey and fig.
Spring 2014 ♦ 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 2014
    • QianjiazhaiMt. Ailao, Yunnan
    • ELEVATION1900m
    • V. AssamicaTea Varietal

    Master Zhou works with his students in the Qianjiazhai Dongsa Cooperative to introduce shu pu’er fermentation and crafting techniques more widely across the mountain. This buddy, clean, and rich pressed is crafted from pre-Qingming harvest 'gong ting' buds. This tea was allowed to age loose for a decade before pressing into 250g bricks, giving it a nuanced, engaging and extremely clean profile. The bud material yields a thick rich mouthfeel with sweet, lingering spice.

  • true
    80
    marigold, honey
    true
    65
    fig, dried citrus peel
    true
    70
    ginger, cedar, basil
    true
    75
    molasses cake
    true
    sweet lingering spice

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - marigold, honey
    • fruit - fig, dried citrus peel
    • spice - ginger, cedar, basil
    • savory - molasses cake
    • texture - sweet lingering spice

the Dongsa Cooperative also recommends:

  • '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'

  • 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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