2019 Three Cranes "75117 High Mountain" Liu Bao Tea

Name: 2019 Three Cranes "75117 High Mountain" Liu Bao Tea
Brand: Three Cranes Brand (Wuzhou Tea Factory)
Price: 11.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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This is a premium high mountain (高山) Liu Bao tea produced by the oldest and most famous Liu Bao producer (Three Cranes Brand).

Guangxi high altitude material (900 meters) plucked in Spring 2017 was wet piled in 2017 using a unique process invented by the Three Cranes Tea Factory. The tea was packed into 14.5 kilogram baskets in 2019 and offered for sale.

This is a full-bodied creamy and fruity Liu Bao with signature betel nut aftertaste. Goes many steeps and is very smooth without wet storage/musty character!

Spring 2017 Harvest, 2019 packaged for sale (November 8th 2019).

Region: Wuzhou County of Guangxi

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Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 5 reviews.

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Complex and satisfying

"Dry leaf: very fine but complete leaves with a dark color accented with a nearly frosted appearance. There was a fragment of the basket among the leaves. The smell is understated, of dry well rotted mulch, sweet soy sauce, and a hint of molasses. Wet leaf: the wet leaf opens but a little, and the smell becomes even less prominent, but shifts to mountain air, dry clay loam soil, and a bold, fairly unsweetened chocolate. Liquor: the tea coats the mouth and tongue in smooth and slightly syrupy liquor. The front of the palate almost experiences a mintiness and a slight tingly feeling approaching numbing as soon as the liquor is swallowed. The color is mild reddish brown like a light maple syrup. Bubbles are persistent in the cup after the third steep. Cup smell: the cup carries a slight but recognizable remnant of the sweet soy aroma. Taste: The taste is very subtle, woody, mulchy, rich and warm, almost toasted. Early steeps carry a touch of mountain mint, with a gentle but persistent hui guan throughout. For a fermented tea is very gentle, but that is not to call it unpleasant. The exhale carries ripe PuErh flavor and character that is fermented, deep, and soothing. Old books and cha-tou sweetness are awakened in later, longer steeps. At the back of the palate, there is a slight alfalfa honey note. Body sensation: The body does not experience a particular sensation besides the initial mouth sensation and alertness, though the tea is calming overall."

— Evan D. (5/5)

Great liu Bao

"I really enjoy this tea. It has a distinctive beet root taste in the first steeps fading to gentle sweetness."

— Brett I. (4/5)

Delicious.

"Aroma dry: very root veggie like, like a beetroot perhaps, a bit forest like. Wet leaf: same but more pronounced. Taste: Very beet root like at first, notes of betel nut, forest floor, and a very pronounced camphor, it even makes my tongue and gums tingle a bit. A very nice returning sweetness to it as well. Mid steeps are more level and balanced. Mouth feel: Warm, comforting, full, and leaves a sweet woody after taste in your mouth."

— David J. (5/5)

Enjoyable Liu Bao

"I’ve really enjoyed this liu bao tea. It’s sweet, earthy, and smooth. It has a bit of a soft musky taste upfront, but this fades with a few steeps to a pleasant sweetness."

— Tobias G. (5/5)