Old Arbor Mu Shu Hong Cha * Pure Yunnan Assamica -Autumn 13

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Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 3 g 7 oz / 220 ml

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This Autumn we visited several areas of Lincang, including Mengku and Yong De counties. Our famous “Mu Shu” pu-erh from old arbor tea trees has been a favorite among customers since 2011. This autumn we decided to ask a local tea master to process tea picked from the old arbor (100-200 years old) tea trees that we used to make our 2011-2013 Mu Shu Cake. The tea was picked, briefly wilted, fried, then wilted again for about 24 hours beforeRead more

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This tea was an impulsive purchase triggered by my recent discovery of assam tea.
I must say, assam in the morning is a really nice start! The leaf is long and twisted, almost look like mao-cha.
I thought id start with brewing it like a darjeeling SF for 3m. As sompared to the indian assams that usually steep for 4-5m.
The result was satisfactory. It is has that strong slightly dry undertone that I love about assam tea. The maltiness is there just as in both assam and yunnans share, however this assam has a very nice sweetness to it. It is almost like i added honey!?! Very sweet aftertaste thats is well balanced by a slight astringancy.

It lacks the oomph of some of the other darjeeling assams i´ve tried but the flavour is wonderful! Perhaps try brewing it for 5m and see if i can get that almost slight bitterness on the aftertaste that is so pleasant with assams.

Time to install a cadancemeter on the bike. Haha my 5year old wants to help, its set up for chaos. ^^

Preparation
Boiling 3 min, 0 sec 3 g 7 OZ / 220 ML

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