2007 LQ888 Wuliang Ailao Sheng
Pu'er Tea
Xingyang Workshop – Pu’er
Xingyang’s old-growth
wild blended sheng
Wild-picked in Ailao forest, and nearby Wuliang Mountain, this tea has been aged for fifteen years to bring out notes of steamed rice, almond, pine, apricot, and vanilla.
Sep. 18th 2007 ♦ Pu'er, Yunnan
Xingyang’s old-growth
wild blended sheng
Wild-picked in Ailao forest, and nearby Wuliang Mountain, this tea has been aged for fifteen years to bring out notes of steamed rice, almond, pine, apricot, and vanilla.
Sep. 18th 2007 ♦ Pu'er, Yunnan
Crafted by Xingyang Workshop
Xingyang Workshop was founded by several masters from much larger Xiaguan to revive the ideals of clean, slow meticulous fermentation and small batch blending.
Thanks to their 50+ years of connections, Xingyang is able to flex their relationships for some of the best leaf material in Yunnan from wild, single-origin sites.
- DATE OF PICKING09/18/2007
- Pu'erYunnan Province
- ELEVATION1100 m
- Da Ye ZhongTea Varietal
This cake is a lovely example of Xingyang’s blending skill. By combining the classic sweet and woody sheng flavor of Wuliang leaf material with the more wild and exotic flavor of Ailao Shan, they have created a nuanced, well-balanced cake with a creamy mouthfeel, foresty accents and lingering floral and fruit aromas.
- DATE OF PICKING09/18/2007
Tasting Profile
- savory - steamed rice, almond
- spice - pine, tatami
- fruit - apricot
- floral - linden flower, lotus, vanilla
the Xingyang Collective also recommends:
- 2008 KT952 Loose Leaf ShuThis tea is made from tiny spring buds from old growth tea trees and fermented for a clean and smooth flavor. Xingyang is proud that ten years of age on this tea will taste more like a twenty year pu’er because of the quality leaf material and slow meticulous fermentation process. The result is deep, herbaceous and cooling with a lingering aftertaste.
- 2006 KT988 Shu TuochaThis convenient tuocha is pressed in 3g quantities to reflect Xingyang’s preferred brew method of less leaf, cooler water and long steep times to bring out the rich texture in their tea. This tuocha uses Xingyang’s special Gong Ting leaf material and yields a rich osmanthus sticky rice flavor.
- Xingyang 2002 Golden Leaf ShuThis tea is Xingyang's crowning achievement. It is made with big leaf picked from ancient wild trees. The loose leaf is stored and slowly fermented in low moisture over one year and finished in 2003 for another eleven years of dry fermentation before being packed in 2014. The result is the sweetest, cleanest and deepest shu pu'er we have tried. This tea can be steeped over twenty times and yields a beautiful clear brew with a deep forest flavor and lingering aftertaste.
'The first infusion was full of apricot flavor, vanilla and brown sugar. The second infusion was even sweeter – apricot accented by more exotic florals like lotus and linden flower. Over several steepings, the florals and fruity notes become deeper and more woody and foresty with burdock and banana leaf aroma.'
Steeping Instructions
Western
3 g.6-8
oz.use 205° watersteep 60 secondsresteep many times
add 30 sec. each infusionGongfu
3 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 30-45 seconds
add 15-30 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy