2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Tea Flowers" White Tea Cake

Tea type
White Tea
Ingredients
Flowers, White Tea
Flavors
Cherry Wood, Custard, Floral, Flowers, Forest Floor, Grass, Pine, Raisins, Resin, Spicy, Sweet
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Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 7 g 5 oz / 140 ml

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  • “An interesting concept – blending leaves and flowers from the same garden. The resulting tea is resinous and flowery in a way that reminds me of Oriental Beauty a little. Overall, it doesn’t strike...” Read full tasting note
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A lovely old arbor (古树白茶) white tea cake made from second flush of spring 2019 tea harvested from 80-300 year old tea trees in Man Gang village (Bang Dong, Lincang), and then blended with autumn 2019 harvested tea flowers 茶花from the same garden!

We have been working closely with a family in Man Gang for several years now and have asked them to help us pick and process a white tea and blend with tea flowers from the same garden from their old arbor family tea garden! The result is a lightly processed and sun-dried white tea that is delicious to drink, sweet and thick, aromatic, and bubbling with cha qi!

This lovely tea was pressed into a 250 gram tea cake with a medium+ level of compression to lock in the aroma and flavors of tea, allowing for a gradual aging over time. You can store like you would a pu-erh cake (and can be stored alongside raw pu-erh or black tea cakes), or if you prefer it to stay the way it is you can seal it up. Ideally a clay jar or wooden box with some/minimal air flow would be best!

Net Weight: 250 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)
Harvest time: White Tea May 2019, Tea Flowers October 2019
Harvest Area: Man Gang village, Bang Dong county, Lincang Prefecture
Total Production amount: 100 kilograms

Wrapper Illustration by Patrik Benedičič

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An interesting concept – blending leaves and flowers from the same garden. The resulting tea is resinous and flowery in a way that reminds me of Oriental Beauty a little. Overall, it doesn’t strike me as an overly exciting tea though.

The aroma has a strong note of pine resin, complemented by raisins, custard and forest floor. It is a very sweet and floral scent, in line with the rest of the experience. The medium-bodied liquor displays several muted flavours such as grass flowers, fermented cabbage, and cherry wood. In the spicy, expansive aftertaste, I also detected a celery like note.

Flavors: Cherry Wood, Custard, Floral, Flowers, Forest Floor, Grass, Pine, Raisins, Resin, Spicy, Sweet

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 7 g 5 OZ / 140 ML

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