2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Da Zhong Shan" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

Da Zhong Shan 大中山 (lit. Big Mountain in the Middle) is a high mountain area right on the north-western edge of Jinggu County right near Bang Dong area of Lincang.  Da Zhong Mountain has a peak at 2400 meters and is also home to several protected tea trees that are between 500 and 1600 years old.  It also has the oldest known "Ye Sheng" varietal tea tree at 440 years of age.

Our Da Zhong Shan tea cakes are pressed from wild growing tea leaves harvested in early spring from 50 to 150 year old tea trees growing at 1800 meters altitude!  The high mountain feeling in the tea comes out during brewing, giving the tea an almost oolong-like aroma but with the strength and pungency of a raw pu-erh.  It reminds me somewhat of a Dan Cong and a Pu-erh.

Net Weight: 400 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Harvest time: April 2017

Harvest Area:  Da Zhong Shan, Jinggu County of Simao Prefecture (Yunnan Province)

Total Production amount: 140 cakes (50 kilograms)

Wrapper Design by "Marichka Turanska" of the Ukraine 

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.