Taste of the Mountain

This pu'erh comes from the old-growth forests 8 kms away from Mr. Tang's tea farm in Jinggu, Yunnan. The forest here is vibrant and intact, and its trees grow strong and healthy.

The trees for this pu erh are between 200 to 400 years old. They are wild arbor tea trees that grow in the forest unattended. Their leaves are only harvested once a year, meaning that the energy of the trees and their roots remains concentrated in their spring leaves.

Wild arbor trees, especially of this age, yield complex, deep and refined teas. Taste of the Mountain has a particularly penetrating strength: it carries the vibrant energy of its forest with it, asking us to imagine how deep into the ground the roots of these trees must go as we follow this pu'erh's complexity through infusions. It is enduring in both its lingering taste, and in the energy it transmits.

We would drink this pu'erh when we want to journey into the wisdom of ancient trees, knowing that every time we revisit it, we will be shown something different. Experiencing tea like this is always an event to be savoured.