Tea Spirit Ancient Arbor Ripe Puerh

$14.00$58.00

Background

Each April at the Sankang Festival, Blang people gather at the Tea Spirit Altar(茶魂台), calling upon the tea spirit. And the Tea Spirit will bless them with ideal weather and enrich the tea’s flavor.

Flavor Profile

Taste: Full-bodied, Mellow, Deep, Plum,
Aroma: Floral , Woody, Earthy

This ripe puerh tea embodies the spirit of tea itself. With its vibrant aroma and smooth, rich texture, it feels light and ethereal yet radiates a warm, reassuring strength.  It embodies a gentle warmth paired with quiet resilience.  It’s moderately dark taste is full-bodied, earthy and mellow.  It’s aroma is floral and woody, with subtle hints of orchid.  You can expect to find a very fragrant complex ripe puerh tea, with moderate sweetness, and low bitterness to fortify your life lasting more than 10 infusions each tea session.

Type: Ripe Puerh Tea
Age of Tree: 300 years old
Harvest Time: Apr.& Sep. 2022
Peak: Aileng Peak Jingmai Mountain
Attitude: 1600m(5249 feet)
Leaf: Large-Leaf Puerh Tea Leaves
Tea Grower & Producer: Blang Ethinic Group
Pressing Method: Stone-Pressed (traditional)
Infusion Times: More than 10 times (Standard Gongfu Tea Brew Method)

Sessions per 200g cake: 25-28

Now buy one 200g tea cake, get a Tin Box (for long-term storage) and a Tea Needle (for breaking the tea cake) for free!  Just let us know in the notes upon order checkout if you don’t need the tea needle tool.  

Tea Leaf Characteristics

The trees are 300 years old and up.  These type of trees are often rare and highly sought after on the tea markets, offering a truly unique drinking experience.  Ripe puerh tea leaves come from large tea leaf variety, flexible and pliable.  The sweetness of this tea spirit ripe puerh lingers longer compared to tea made from the leaves of young plantation trees or small terrace bushes.  As a result of this ripe puerh’s fermentation the leaves become more compact and fragmented.  Due to the deep roots from these ancient trees, the leaves will also carry more minerals and nutrient content, offering a unique taste only available to Jingmai Mountain due to the regions rich soil.

Blang Ethnic Group

The Blang people are among the first in the world to domesticate and cultivate tea trees, with a history of over 1400 years of tea cultivation. They are well-equipped to produce ripe puerh, which is increasingly recognized for its earthy, smooth flavor that comes from careful bamboo basket fermentation.  The Blang Ethnic group also has a strong ability to preserve floral notes in this variety.

Location on Jingmai Mountain

Tea spirit is crafted from ancient trees over 300 years old.  These ancient trees found near the peak of Jingmai mountain(5249 feet), offer leaves with a sweeter taste due to its optimum tea growing climate.  There you’ll find unique growing conditions.  A cooler climate, slower leaf growth, unique soil condition, and ecosystem found at higher elevations on Jingmai Mountain combine to produce this Tea Spirit ripe puerh, which is sweeter and more aromatic than other ripe puerhs, making this tea particularly prized for its delicate and refined flavor profile.

 

 

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200g Cake=200g (7.06oz)Tea+34g(1.2oz)Tea Needle+Packaging
25g Capsule=25g(0.88oz)Tea+Packaging

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