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2021 Lunan Old Leaves Shengpu, Ancient Trees Stone-pressed cake

A multitude of colors characterizes this special cake, that is made up of the third and fourth leaves of our ancient tea trees, located in Lunan mountain, Yunnan province.They are the older leaves, that we normally don't use for stone-pressed cakes, as we only include the bud and the youngest leaves. However, their value is no less remarkable: in Chinese, these leaves are also called 金玉叶 jinyuye, which literally means "leaves of gold and jade". Their most common name is 黄片 huangpian, literally yellow leaf, or 老叶子 laoyezi, old leaves; but they are also known as 黄金叶 huangjinye - gold leaves. This name has doubtless been suggested by the brilliant color of the leaves, their precious aroma, and their great value for aging. This highly curious tea is one of the most indicated to understand the true meaning of Shengjin 生津, the physical salivation that comes when tasting more mature leaves, which makes the palate crave for more infusions. The pressed cake flowers in the teapot after the reco

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Aggiornato il 08/06/2026