Shanye Tian (Woodland)
Loose Leaf Shu Puer 2018
A shu puer with a clean, lingering sweetness. Rich notes of fresh wood, earth and moss evoke the scent of walking through the forest after a rainstorm. A loose-leaf tea with the same origin and small-batch processing techniques as Shu Longzhu (Sweet Dragon Ball).
- Tea Origin
- Lancang County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China
- Tea Bush
- Yunnan Dayezhong (Yunnan Large Leaf Tea Tree)
- Tea Maker
- Chen Keke and Li Dong
- Harvest Time
- Early April
- Plucking Standard
- One bud, two leaves
A rich and deep-flavored shu puer that brews clean, sweet and lingering. Made with unusually high quality tender young leaves from old-growth tea trees to create impressive layered complexity.
Shanye Tian (Woodland) is a high-quality shu puer tea made with unusually good leaf material. Normally, the ripening process that gives shu puer its darkness and smoothness is risky because it is difficult to control the microbial growth as the piled leaves ripen. Rather than risk ruining expensive tea leaves, tea makers used to reserve them for unripened sheng puer cakes. However, after three years of research developing and refining a new small-batch technique, tea makers can now control the ripening process carefully enough to work with higher-quality leaf. Learn more about this new shu puer processing method, which is also used to make Shu Longzhu (Sweet Dragon Ball) and the Cha Tao (Aged Old Tree) shu puer cake.
The result of this advanced technique is a shu puer that is exceptionally clean and smooth, yet whose flavor retains the deep, layered complexity of a quality sheng puer. Soft sweet and mineral flavors reveal themselves in later infusions.
Quality old growth tea trees from a quality origin
Leaves for Sweet Dragon Ball are sourced in the Lancang area in southwestern Yunnan Province. This tea is harvested from trees of varying ages that are on average 60 years old or older. These trees grow under the canopy of Yunnan’s subtropical highland forests in their natural environment. Grown without the use of agricultural fertilizers and pesticides, these trees are largely untended except for minimal maintenance by the local residents.
No chemical fertilizer, pesticide, or herbicide was used in the production of this tea. Click here to read more about our promise to fair trade and the environment.
