Lucky Pig - Sheng Puerh Tuocha - Limited Harvest
Regular price $9.50Style: Pu-erh
Origin: Yunnan Province, China
Description: Pu-erh is a fermented tea produced in Yunnan Province. It is the only tea that uses microbial fermentation to process and oxidize the leaves. If done in the traditional manner, the tea is pressed into brick forms after the first stage of fermentation, where it would continue to ferment and deepen with flavour as it ages.
This raw or “green” Sheng Pu-erh was plucked in the Village of Xiao Hu Sai from Da Xue Shan tea bushes in Autumn 2019 and pressed into mini tuos of texture-rich shades of brown, green, and silver leaf. Once compressed the “freshness” of the leaves are preserved, although they continues to ferment and develop further rounding of flavours for a robust, aromatic and lively steep.
Tasting Notes: The aroma is sweetly earthy with a hint of fruit blossom perfume and notes of peat, and the liquor is a rustic green-orange. Taste is refreshing offering a steamed-green vegetal sweetness and clean metallic tones. A mineral finish and pleasant lingering astringency. One can enjoy a number of infusions holding these flavours and aromas and each steep and re-steep reveals something new as well, showcasing the living leaf quality.
Brewing Instructions: 5-7g per wrapped cake. Use 100ºC water. Steep 1 nugget per cup (250mL) of water for 1-1.5 minutes.
Leaves will re-steep multiple times - keeping second steeps short as well is recommended.
Organic
The mountains of Fujian province in China are the origin of the exquisite Oolong tea. Known as wulong or black dragon tea, it is distinguished by its long and twisted, almost serpentine rolled leaves. Oolong is the most complex and intricate tea to produce and it is believed to promote good digestion and longevity. Due to its popularity, Oolong is no longer exclusively manufactured in China or Taiwan - India also produces a wide range of Oolong teas from their terroirs, resulting in a variety of flavour within the processing tradition.
One of the most internationally recognized Oolongs manufactured in China is named Ti Kwan Yin, for Kwan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. Legend has it that emperor Kangxi prayed to Kwan Yin for her to help restore his health. The goddess answered his prayers and later appeared before him in a dream, where she brought him to a mountainous area and showed him the tea slopes and the poor living conditions of the farmers there. She asked that the emperor help the farmers gain prosperity by officially establishing the region as a tea-growing one. Thus, emperor Kangxi declared the tea from these slopes to be famed, and the area’s tea industry, along with Ti Kwan Yin’s flavour, blossomed.
Pu-erh is a fermented tea produced in Yunnan Province. It is the only tea that uses microbial fermentation to process and oxidize the leaves. If done in the traditional manner, the tea is pressed into brick forms after the first stage of fermentation, where it would continue to ferment and deepen with flavour as it aged. These bricks are sometimes stored within the rinds of fruits to ferment, like mandarin oranges or lemons, to take on some of the flavour and sweetness of the fruit.
For many years these tea bricks were used as currency, and it is still common for people to invest in the tea today. Pu-erh exist in two forms – ‘Raw’ Pu-erh, which comes in brick or cake form, and ‘Cooked’ Pu-erh, which is processed as loose leaf. This age-old fermented tea has great health benefits and is highly valued in parts of Asia, and its unique flavour is starting to gain more traction outside China.
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