Yiwu No 1 Raw Puer Tea, Spring 2020, Old Tea Tree, 200g cake
The tea this year is from the same small tea garden as previous years: in the middle of forest at around around 1400 meters altitude. I could only get a few kilos of this tea this year as more people are finding the tea gardens so there are more people competing for a limited resource.
The tea is sweet and has a pleasant floral fragrance. The broth feels quite smooth and gentle with a slight dryness on the tongue. It is definitely a little more bullish than previous years, but still very balanced.
The flavour is good and it has some thickness, a floral aroma in the broth, and slight bitterness.
It has a decent 'hui gan' and the 'hou yun' is good: quite dense floral aroma and it lasts well.
Unless stated otherwise, all my Puer teas are hand picked, fired and rolled. They are then sun dried. Cakes are stone pressed.
Please be aware that because raw Puer tea is a 'post-fermented' tea it is continually in a process of change: as it ages, but also from season to season and even day to day, so the description here is a snapshot of the teas qualities and character on this particular occasion, which should not differ significantly, but which will change none-the-less over time.
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About Agrochemicals
I do not get all my teas routinely tested for agro-chemicals. I am extremely careful about which gardens I source from: tea gardens that are in a diverse, natural environment where there is no need for the use of agro-chemicals and which I am confident are all free of herbicide and pesticide traces.
In recent years anthraquinone in tea has become a talking point. I do not generally test tea for anthraquinone and, whilst I try my best to minimise the potential for it, I do not prioritise that over other factors. You can read more here.
