a cross of the Tieguanyin and Huang Dan cultivars

Sheng Pu’er is that special category of tea that allows one to map out the Chinese landscape through the senses alone

halfway between green and black teas)

traces of wheel-turning still showing

ku zhu shan 2012 Size:Cake (357g) a cross of the TieguanyinFor lovers of pleasant bitterness. Stored until the end of 2020 in cool, dry Zhengzhou, the flavour of this Sheng at first belies its age, remaining distinctly fresh and vegetal on the palate. In its slow development, it has gained an edge of spice, however, the pungency of clove and ginger mingling with the astringency of plum skin and the sweetness of cooked peas. Perhaps it takes after its namesake, though, with the 'bitter bamboo mountain' lending