Description
Complex, layered aroma
What’s remarkable about this pu erh tea is its complex, layered aroma. As you take a sip of this tea, you’ll experience a smooth and milky texture, and the sweetness of honey perfectly balances out the faint bitterness.
A second later, the tea reveals an explosive aroma palette of forest floor, moss, leather, and seaweed, teleporting your mind to the ancient forest of Yibang. As the aroma calms down, it leaves a lingering floral after taste in the mouth. Even hours later, you can still taste the aroma of this tea in your mouth.
After 3-4 steeps, the incredible Cha Qi (tea energy) open the pores on your back. As you start sweating, your body experience a deep relaxation and your mind is cleared from any sign of stress.
Have you ever seen a movie so captivating that you immediately want to invite a friend to watch it again with you? This tea is exactly like that. As soon as you drink this tea, you’ll want to invite your tea friends to experience this tea together.
Small Leaf Cultivar from Yibang
As one of the ‘Six Famous Tea Mountains’, Yibang stands out due to its local small leaf tea varietal. The other 5 mountains are Gedeng, Mangzhi, Manzhuan, Yiwu, and Youle.
Among the six mountains, Yibang has the highest altitude (1950m), while the lowest altitude of the Yibang region is 565 meters above sea level. This superior ‘vertical ecology’ allows Yibang mountain to be the only place where the large (Da Ye Zhong), Medium (Zhong Ye Zhong) and Small Leaf (Xiao Ye Zhong) varietals can thrive.
It’s the latter small leaf varietal that Yibang is particularly famous for, which is characterised deep green coloured flat leaves with long downy hairs.
