A lovely old arbor (古树) blend of black tea and white tea made from Autumn 2022 tea harvested from 80-300 year old tea trees in Man Gang village (Bang Dong, Lincang).

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 black tea and white tea from their old arbor family tea garden! This cake is a blend of lightly processed sun-dried black tea and white tea (each tea type was processed separately before being blended together. The result is a 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 white 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:  October 2022
Harvest Area:  Man Gang village, Bang Dong county, Lincang Prefecture
Total Production amount:  100 kilograms

Wrapper Illustration by Benjamin Denkert

 

In total 4 cakes were produced in this 2022 series from Man Gang village:

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Tea Flowers" White Tea Cake

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Gu Shu Hong" Black Tea Cake

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Gu Shu Bai Cha" White Tea Cake

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Gang Gu Shu" Black Tea and White Tea Cake

 

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 404 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 404 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 404 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.