Bohetang Gaogan 20217Y1B21 Harvest: 10.04.2021
Origin: China / Yunnan / Xishuangbanna / Mengla / Bohetang
Height: 1600 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qiao Mu Da Ye Zhong (mehrere 100 Jahre alt)
This is the best quality of Bohetang, made from tall and old tea trees.A rare speciality from Yunnan: Bohetang is a very remote tea-producing region in Yiwu, where an ancient tea garden with a very good biodiversity has been discovered a few years ago. The region is uninhabited and the closest village is a few hours hike away, the only way to get there. In this tea-jungle some 49 trees are growing (12m high and more) - one (no. 13) recently died. Besides, one finds 249 old beheaded (i.e. cut) trees and many small trees.This garden is protected by four families, bound together by four sisters, and the tea is only sold after these agreed to do so.
Category:
Sheng Cha - Raw Pu Er Sheng Cha, Raw Tea, or literally: live tea, are Pu Er teas of the traditional type. The tea leaves are briefly heated after the withering process, then formed and dried in the sun, or, with simpler qualities, also by hot air. This so-called Mao Cha, Unfinished Tea, is either pressed into different forms or stocked and sold as Sancha, Loose Tea. Old Sheng Cha teas differ significantly from young ones. When young, they are wild: tart, and at the same time extremely mellow and sweet. As they age, they become more mature: the tart taste goes over into spicy, and then turns into incredible aromas of moist earth. The sweetness then remains subtly in the background.
Storage:
Fresh and pleasant to drink, combining slightly tart and sweet notes. This tea undergoes a process of microbial fermentation while stored, during which it loses freshness and tartness, while gaining depth, sweetness and earthy notes.
