Maocha - 2014 - 2014

Di JIe is one of few villages around Bingdao. This maocha come from late September harvest, old tea trees only. Strong aroma, rich and stimulating in mouth, fast huigan. It is stronger than Bingdao, with some bitterness. This maocha is made by traditional way, not like many new "green tea" puerh which is easy for drinking now. But without future for aging!

This tea is from Jingmai Da Zhai, grown in Da Ping Zhang area, and it is considered to be of the finest Jingmai tea available on market. We took few kilos of this Huang Pian to Kunming, where some of it we offer as loose leaves and rest will be pressed into the cakes. This raw puerh is the highest selection of older tea leaves ( Huang Pian - yellow leaves, or Da Ye Zi ). The older leaves, coming from the hundred year's trees, become bright yellow, red or orange tinted. The tea workers sort...