Raw Puer Tea, Yiwu No 5 Early Spring 2017 Old Tree, 200g Cake
A tea made in Spring 2017 from the same tea gardens as the Autumn tea: a small tea garden above Yiwu. The tea gardens are still only accessible on foot or by motorbike, at a height of 1300 to 1400 metres. The tea is mostly processed in the nearby village and brought out as mao cha. Some people buy fresh leaves and carry them out by motorbike to process nearby as was done with this tea.
The tea has nice fragrance. Sweet with a small amount of bitterness. The aftertaste is good and lasts well.
All Puer teas are hand picked, fired and rolled. They are then sun dried. Cakes are stone pressed.
Please be aware that raw Puer tea is in a continual process of change - over time, with the seasons, and the weather, as it oxidises and ferments - so descriptions of teas (and the accompanying photos) are a snapshot of a certain moment in time. I try to make sure descriptions are simple yet accurate and give a feel for how the tea was experienced at the time of tasting.
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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.
