2011 Yunnan Sourcing "San He Zhai" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake $0.15-$0.199/g It's made from old tree

It's made from old tree tea leaves picked from the first flush of Spring

you won't get one with a perfect wrapper

It's about 4 kilometers (as the crow flies) south and slightly east of Bing Dao village in the highlands on the eastern side of the Mengku River

Autumn 2010 leaves from a 80 to 100 year old wild arbor tea trees

whereas the fermentation level of the 2009 batch was lighter (some lighter brown color with hints of olive in the brewed leaves)

2011 Yunnan Sourcing "San He Zhai" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake $0.15-$0.199/g It's made from old treeSan He Zhai? Never heard of it? That's because it doesn't exist. Our San He Zhai (aka Three Harmonized Villages) tea cake is a blend of tea from three villages and also from three different harvest times (Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, and Autumn 2011). San He Zhai is a powerful tea that is intended for longer term aging. It has bitterness and astringency, but this is balanced by a textured, filling and lubricating mouth feeling that stays with the drinker