Vintage 2012. Robust and nuanced. Plum and floral notes dominate. The decorative wrapping is designed for special occasions like weddings and graduations, with the intention that both will be long-lasting and fruitful.
Enjoy it now for a celebration, or save it to mark the next 10 years.
This exquisite tea comes from Jingmai Mountain in Yunnan. The Dai people have been hand-picking the ancient tea trees for millennia, ensuring quality and continuing this time-honored tradition. In addition to producing teas with remarkable flavor and flexible steeping quality, the ancient tea trees thrive in a diverse forest that provides rich antioxidants and nutrients.
The tea farm lies along the ancient tea horse trade route, where people traded Chinese tea for Tibetan horses centuries ago. Transported across treacherous passes carried by people on foot, the tea fermented, developing layers of complexity.
Although modern transportation moves puerh now, manufacturing processes rely on ancient methods. This ensures the complex flavor you've grown to love. Puerh tea today is just as exotic and nuanced as it was during ancient trade route days, and still boasts the rich flavors of the past.
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Grown on farms we know by name, then blended in small batches at our tea bar in Missoula, Montana.