Yuan Ye Gao Gan 20217YY21 Harvest: April 2021
Origin: China / Yunnan / Xishuangbanna / Mengla / Yiwu
Height: 1500 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qiao Mu Da Ye Zhong (mehrere 100 Jahre alt)
This tea from a tea tree forest (re-)discovered by Huang Xiao Yuan, with old trees that grow 15 to 20 meters tall in the region of Yiwu. The exact location is kept secret. This is a very rare and precious tea. Yuanye Gaogan literally means original wild high trunks. The tea forest has been untouched for decades (if not centuries), and this wild state is very present in its taste, giving this tea a bitter and wild taste that is untypical for Yiwu teas. Simultaneously the characteristic sweetness and the gentle notes of Yiwu tea form the backdrop of this tea.
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.
