Sunflower13
28d ago
I am not a Sheng person, so I will not comment on the tea itself, but I needed to share these beautiful leaves with you all! 🤩
2025 Mangang Gushu Sheng Pu'er (2025 Spring) from Cha Yi Lai
2025 Mangang Gushu Sheng Pu'er (2025 Spring)
Cha Yi Lai
- Type
- Sheng Pu'er
- Origin
- Mangang Village, Linxiang District, Lincang, Yunnan Province, China
- Cultivar
- Yunnan Da Ye Zhong (Camellia sinensis var. assamica)
- Elevation
- 1750m
- Steeping instructions
- Water Temperature: 100°C / 212°F Gongfu style: 1g : 20ml, 10s + 5s per infusion. Western style: 1g : 100ml, 2min + 1min per infusion. Bowl style: 1g : 100–120ml. Cold brew: 1g : 100ml, 4 hours or longer.
- Description
- This sheng pu’er was made in spring 2025 from 200+ year-old ancient trees in Mangang Village, Lincang. The garden sits around 1750 meters in a high-mountain environment where Yunnan large-leaf trees grow together with local purple tea and Teng Tiao (vine-trained) tea, giving the material a naturally diverse character. Compared with the Mangang white tea in this month’s box, this tea was picked slightly earlier and includes more tender bud-and-leaf material. It was processed as traditional sheng pu’er: sun-withering, wood-fired iron-wok kill-green, full hand-rolling, and sun-drying. The tea brews a clear yellow-green liquor with orchid-like fragrance, honey sweetness, and a bright, lively structure. It still carries the freshness of young sheng, but the sweetness and ancient-tree depth already make it approachable. With further aging, its mountain character should become more pronounced, moving gradually toward woody and herbal notes.
Shipped in June 2026
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Kurt Johansen
1mo ago
2025 Mangang Gushu Sheng Pu'er (2025 Spring) from Cha Yi Lai
0 TDS distilled water with TeaCurious Autumn recipe to make 115 TDS water. Good for a Pu'er. Rating Criteria: 0.5 - bad, flavorless, or worse very astringent, teabag 1.0 - mostly… more
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