2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Huang Shan Gu Shu" Old Arbor Aged Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

This is a 2020 pressing from 2013 Spring harvested leaves were picked and processed into mao cha (loose leaf raw pu-erh tea) and then aged for 7 years in Jinggu county of Simao before being pressed in March 2020.  The storage condition in Jinggu was clean with a moderate amount of humidity (wetter than Kunming, but not as wet as Guangdong)  giving the tea a nice rounded aged taste!  

"Huang Shan Gu Shu" (lit. Remote Mountain Old Tree) is a mountain in Jinggu County of Simao where 100-300 year old tea trees are growing.  Huang Shan tea trees are Assamica varietal growing wild without intervention.  Tea is harvested only twice a year, not 4 times a year like in many places.  This gives the tea more strength, body, aroma and cha qi!

Very impressive semi-aged sheng!

April 2013 harvest (Pressed March 20th 2020)

100 kilograms in total (280 cakes)

357 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo tong)

Stone-Pressed in the traditional manner

Design by Anna Kampane

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 191 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 191 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 191 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.