2016 Yunnan Sourcing “Autumn Wa Long Village” Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake Hot on Sale

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2016 Yunnan Sourcing “Autumn Wa Long Village” Yi Wu Old Arbor Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

Wa Long village is not far from Man Zhuan village in the Yi Wu mountain area.  It’s a remote village and the tea we sourced from there is in the mountains about 1.5 hours by 4WD from Wa Long village.  A remote natural tea garden on steep mountainside with just a few hundred trees but all more than 100 years old.  Many as old as 400 years old.  All large leaf varietal.  The tea was picked and processed all in early October.  Tea from Wa Long is distinctive, with strong thick taste, some bitterness and very long stout leaves and stems.  Entire output of Wa Long village area teas for 1st flush is just 400 kilograms, we were able to get a portion of that.

250 grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Pressed with 30kg stone presses by traditional method!

20 kilograms in total (80 cakes!)

Wrapper Design by Vladimir Seredin of Ukraine

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 191 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 191 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 191 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.