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“Gongfu! Enjoyed this session paired with some super juicy Quebec-grown strawberries. I had the chance to try this ripe pu’erh as part of a flight of teas at O5’s teabar just over a year ago and it...” Read full tasting note
The colour is rich and dark (like French press coffee), but there is barely any bitterness in the brew. The tea’s energy is grounding and warming, making it ideal for afternoon drinking during the PNW’s rainy season. Having been stored in an ideal environment, the flavour has developed elegantly; the cakes are loosely pressed (by stone), also helping the tea to mature. This is a beautiful yet very affordable introduction to the world of aged tea!
Tea Info
TYPE Pu Er
ORIGIN Yiwu, Yunnan, China
LEAVES
~ 150 y/o Pu Er treePRESSED AND CELLARED BY Fan Xiuli and Gao Feng
Important: 16 years of storage in Menghai has left a mark on the traditional paper wrapper on many of these cakes. You may find parts of the wrapper torn or slightly stained.
Brewing Guide
TEA HORSE ROAD | YIWU 2006
WATER 100º | 212º F 240ml | 8oz
TEA 5 – 8g
STEEP STYLE 15 seconds | multiple steeps | Gong Fu Style
EQUIPMENT Gaiwan or Yixing Teapot
ABOUT THE GROWER
Gao Feng and Fan Xiuli are tea producers and ambassadors of Chinese culture (tea, painting, music…). Originally from Northeast China, they currently live and work in Menghai.
Disclaimer: Due to the age of the cakes, the packaging may be slightly torn.
O stands for our obsession with Origin. We travel the world building strong bonds with farmers and sourcing rare tea from remote villages. We want your cup to tell the story of the earth on which the tea grew and the hands that lovingly harvested each leaf. FIVE represents Natureʼs elements: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and Void. In harmony, these elements express tea leaves into an outstanding cup. Welcome to our tea bar! We see it as a space to host friends, share and experiment.
Gongfu!
Enjoyed this session paired with some super juicy Quebec-grown strawberries. I had the chance to try this ripe pu’erh as part of a flight of teas at O5’s teabar just over a year ago and it was such an incredible experience so it was really nice to get to revisit it in this small way. The tea is full bodied and so, sooo smooth and clean with richly earthy notes of potting soil, petrichor, and garden beets alongside a little bit of a fruitier banana notes that I’ve experienced many times in the past with other productions of shou from Yiwu – though this time around it was a little less green and more baked tasting in a way that was almost like banana bread, just less sweet and more stripped back to its essentials. Nibbling the berries in between steeps also helped a lot with pulling forward some of those fruitier note!
Tea Photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7zyNO1RCsg/?img_index=1
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlApWbETeEA
