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2021 Wild Crassicolumna Yabao

2021 Wild Crassicolumna Yabao

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Rare yabao buds,
picked from a near-tea relative
The oldest tea forest in the world is also one of the most biodiverse, This harvest is from ancient crassicolumna trees, hand finished to bring out notes of sweet corn, sarsaparilla, cherry, and honey.
Spring 2021 ♦ Mt. Ailao, Yunnan
Rare yabao buds,
picked from a near-tea relative
The oldest tea forest in the world is also one of the most biodiverse, This harvest is from ancient crassicolumna trees, hand finished to bring out notes of sweet corn, sarsaparilla, cherry, and honey.
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 as a pressed 250g Xiao Jin Guapressed 100g cake, and loose leaf, this tea is picked from the early spring buds of the Camellia Crassicolumna (厚轴茶) tree, a close relative of tea native to Qianjiazhai. Crassicolumna is naturally caffeine-free and rich in antioxidants. Yabao buds are extremely sweet and packed with flavor since they are the early shoots of the plant that would otherwise become new branches. The giant buds picked from this wild-growing tree stock are allowed to gently sun dry without any heat processing to keep the most natural flavor. Wild crassicolumna trees can be anywhere between several hundred and over a thousand years old, and are incredibly tall and difficult to climb to harvest these precious buds, but the rich nuanced flavor and lingering aftertaste is worthwhile.

  • true
    85
    sweet masa, bran
    true
    100
    sarsaparilla
    true
    50
    prickly pear, cherry
    true
    45
    daffodil, honey
    true
    sweet, juicy, mouth-watering

    Tasting Profile

    • savory - sweet masa, bran
    • spice - sarsaparilla
    • fruit - prickly pear, cherry
    • floral - daffodil, honey
    • texture - sweet, juicy, mouth-watering


the Dongsa Cooperative also recommends

  • 'For most of the tea industry, yabao is an intriguing novel experience, but for the local people of Qianjiazhai in the Ailao Forest Preserve, yabao is part of daily life. People have been picking yabao and enjoying it alongside more traditional tea for as long as anyone can remember'

  • 5
    6-8
    205
    20 seconds
    10
    5
    6
    205
    8 seconds
    4
    5
    12
    205
    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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