2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan Hong" Black Tea Cake

We are very excited to offer a sun-dried, wild arbor, pure assamica varietal Black tea! It's harvested from 100+ year old tea trees growing naturally on Ku Zhu Mountain! Ku Zhu Mountain is near Wenshan village about 7 kilometers southeast of Jing Gu town in Pu'er prefecture (previously known as Simao).

Sweet, floral, fruity with almost juice-like viscous tea soup and lots of body. Very infusable tea that gives evenly across 7 to 8 rounds, and then gives way to a bit thinner and sweet from round 8 onward. A good choice for near term aging. Will improve in flavor for many years to come! 

A premium wild arbor black tea with excellent aging possibilities!

250 grams per cake, 7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong

April 2023 Harvest (only 100 kilograms produced)

Wrapper Illustration by Giovanni Crispino

To see previous Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" releases look just below:
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Ku Zhu Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2014 Yunnan Sourcing Autumn Ku Zhu Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2015 Yunnan Sourcing Ku Zhu Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2016 Yunnan Sourcing Ku Zhu Shan Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake 
2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Autumn Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake
2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Ku Zhu Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 404 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 404 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 404 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.