Laobanzhang King Tree Garden 2020For lovers of controlled strength. Like its predecessors, this precious Gushu Sheng Puer comes to us from the ancient tree garden of house no. 55. While the tea made from this garden has already proven its worth on its own merit, it also bears mention that this very garden houses the king tree of Laobanzhang, the oldest tea tree in the entire village. The fragrant leaves of this tea provide the first hint towards its processing stylea higher

so long as it is pre-warmed with hot water

This sweetness is deep and layered

this Yixing teapot reinterprets the classic Han Wa form in a strikingly modern way

and chocolate could be today’s choice

Those of us who are tea aficionados will often be disappointed by the average cup of tea one finds while travelling

This exclusive tea was sourced from a single production batch reserved specifically for Nannuoshan

sugars of malted grains

and side-by-side or blind tea tastings

this is the one

this tray is carved from a block of tightly-compressed and lacquered strips of bamboo

The intersection of these different ores offer differing combinations of each

Undressing the compressed tea