Autumn Harvest Forest Tea from Bang Dong village with tea flowers from the same trees!

True wild tea with a full-bodied and textured mouthfeel. The tea flowers add a honey sweetness. Uplifting cha qi and a long-lasting mouth-feel.

Hand-crafted and pressed into 100 g cakes; wrapper design by Rafał Przybyłok.

Tasting notes

• Aroma: Cool camphor and pine resin, wildflower honey, fresh cane, citrus peel.

• Liquor: Pale gold to light amber with clarity; supple, textured mouthfeel.

• Flavor: Sweet cane and light stone fruit up front; spruce/pine freshness and gentle herb.

• Finish & feel: Marked cooling effect, long hui-gan, persistent shengjin (mouthwatering return), steady, uplifting cha qi.

Brewing guide

(Great water and short early steeps highlight the cooling sweetness.)

Gongfu (recommended)

• 6 g / 100 mL

• 98–100 °C (208–212 °F)

• Quick rinse, then 5s • 8s • 10s • 12s • 15s, adding gradually for 10+ infusions.

• Tip: If structure feels too firm, shorten early steeps or pour at 95–96 °C.

Western

• 3–4 g / 300 mL (10 oz)

• 95–98 °C • 2:00–2:30

• 2–3 infusions, extending 20–30s each round.

Grandpa style

• 1–1.2 g / 100 mL, 90–95 °C

• Top up as you sip. Cool, resinous freshness with sweet, steady depth.

Cold brew

• 8–10 g / 1 L, room-temp water; refrigerate 6–8 hours.

• Crisp, mint-camphor coolness with clean cane sweetness.

In Summary

• Name: 2025 Yunnan Sourcing “Autumn Forest Tea & Cha Hua” Raw Pu-erh (Sheng)

• Region: Bang Dong, Lincang, Yunnan

• Trees: Wild

• Harvest: October 2025 • Pressed: December 15th, 2025

• Net weight: 100 g per cake (7 cakes per tong)

• Production: 80 kg total (800 cakes)

• Wrapper Illustration: Rafał Przybyłok

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.