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“30s(rinse)/8s/10s/10s/10s/10s/10s/12s/12s/12s/15s/15s/18s/… Tuocha is tidy and dark and basically looks like every ripe tuo cha. The dry leaves don’t have much scent beyond a vague dry earthiness....” Read full tasting note
Gratefully procured, our exclusive Haiku tea was harvested and processed in the spring of 2016 at Ba Da Mountain in Menghai County. In spring of 2017 this gong ting (aka imperial grade) leaf was expertly pile fermented and then stored in hot and humid Menghai before arriving at our HQ in August of 2020. Not a trace of post-fermentation aroma or flavor left in this tea. We loved it so much upon our first taste, that we commissioned this limited pressing of mini-tuos of this tea.
Gong ting leaf is power-packed and perfect for an every day drinker. Full-bodied flavor, slight hints of leather, fruit, root vegetables, wood and earth. To experience the full flavor in all its glory, be sure to try it as one long infusion as well. Experiment with allowing the tea liquor to cool to near room temperature versus very hot and taste the impact that has on the character of the drink.
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30s(rinse)/8s/10s/10s/10s/10s/10s/12s/12s/12s/15s/15s/18s/…
Tuocha is tidy and dark and basically looks like every ripe tuo cha. The dry leaves don’t have much scent beyond a vague dry earthiness. The wet leaves smell like leather while the broth is sparkling and richly amber instead of going that full coffee dark you sometimes get in a shou although it does go more darkly opaque in the 3-5th infusions before settling into a ‘black/red tea’ color. The flavor has elements of cedar and sawdust and some wet wood. This tea is an excellent daily drinker or work tea. Its maybe a little shallow and it doesnt have some of the staying power but I think a lot of that has to do with it being a tuocha with more of a dust elements. The tea is (expectedly) a lot more broken up which just lets it brew out faster but it delivers a punch for the fist ~8-10 infusions which is pretty good. While it doesn’t have a complex or nuanced series of infusions, it is pleasant to drink, has no hint of musk or funk, and even has some prominent flavor notes.
Brewed in 100ml purple clay teapot.
Flavors: Cedar, Earth, Leather, Sawdust
