Earth, Shou Puerh 2022 🇨🇳

Earth // 2022
Shou Puerh
From Ai Lao Mountain Range, Zhenyuan County, Simao District, Yunnan Province, China.

100g Cake

This tea is organically grown!

Tighter pressed than it’s Sheng counterpart Clouds, this tea has large twisted and curled leaves with deep woody and copper-ish tones, giving a sweet dry leaf aroma. The wet leaves release a smooth, sweetness and subtle earthy notes,  the tea soup brews a rich, rose gold, darkening & deepening with infusions with a shiny thick quality. A good, rich flavour that’s satisfying clean allowing a mellow and smooth drinking experience with a creamy sweetness, balanced earthiness, warming and rounded character with a deep and satisfying feeling. These 100g cakes are such a great approachable size - Good for drinking now or suitable for ageing.

From trees growing as part of the natural mountain forest at 2200m altitude benefit from moisture in cloud mist and enriching sunshine. Harvested in Spring from uncultivated older trees with harvesting only taking place in Spring, allowing the trees to rest through the following seasons. The leaves have had excellent processing and storage - Pressed by Essence of Tea. 

The Ai Lao mountain range is a meeting of five counties in Yunnan and a designated national nature reserve, protecting the primitive forest, a subtropical broadleaf, evergreen forest that spans 75% of the mountain range, together with its unique wildlife species.

Preparation:
With care, prise the cake apart using a sharp knife or pick. Gently prise the required amount of leaves from the cake, taking care not the break the leaves. Then separate into loose leaves, and you're ready to brew.

Brew Guide For Gong Fu Style
Tea 7-9g
Water/Temp 100ml / 85ºc
Brew time 1st a quick rinse of leaves, pour away, 15-20 seconds + for infusions thereafter
Reinfuse leaves to taste 4 - 6 times +