Eastern Leaves

2023 Lunan Sheng Pu'er, Ancient Trees

At every new harvest, our Ancient Trees manage to surprise us with flavors we had never experienced before. Harvest 2023 is again remarkable: despite the drier season, this cake has a unexpected maturity of flavors, and does not generate any astringency. The lack of rainfall always tests the ability of our tea master and especially his shaqing skills, as a lower degree of internal moisture in the leaf may lead to burned spots. The enveloping sweetness of the very first brews proves these delicate leaves weren't harmed by the scorching coal fire of the wok, and the familiar vegetal taste of the subsequent brews assures that natural fermentation will further stimulate their complexity in future years. This cake bears the story of our centuries-old tea trees, and their ability to translate climate into taste: together with a great sweetness, similar to that of another dry harvest, 2020, a floral bouquet emerges, and a delicate fresh hue lasts in the palate: in its subtleness, in its compl

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Aggiornato il 08/06/2026