Mountain Stream Taiwanese Sheng
**We are happy to offer the 2021 at a discount for our newsletter subscribers. Until midnight, Tuesday December 14th each cake will be only $79. After Tuesday the price will rise to $89!**
A rumor that turned into reality, this tea is about as one-of-a-kind as they come. It has one of those 'too crazy to be true but verified with pictures' stories that have become all-too-common on our sourcing adventures. This tea is made from fresh tea material picked from 100-300 year-old wild cultivar tea trees growing in the mountains of South-Western Taiwan and then processed mirroring the Pu'er tea processing style of Yunnan, China. The finished product is something that is new but familiar, and undeniably Taiwanese. The name Taiwanese Sheng fits it perfectly!
The taste profile is sweet, candied plums with a fresh feel similar to what you would get from a greenish high-mountain oolong. The leaves are heavy and dense but the tea liquor is light and soft. There is a touch of young sheng pu'er bitterness if pushed too hard, but with 10-15 second infusions the tea unfolds in soft, sweet waves. Not quite a Puer or an oolong, but something unique and special. We are immensely excited to see this tea back in the shop after a two year wait!
The 2021 pressing is slightly more authentically produced as a Puer-Style tea than former years, which gives it more of a kick. Tea produced in this way are designed to be aged and we will be keeping a few of these teas aside as an aged Taiwanese Sheng is sure to be an extraordinarily rare and special treat.
Elevation: 1300-1400m
Status: Wild Garden, Regenerative, Organic
Cultivar: South Western Taiwan Wild Cultivar, Camellia Formosensis
Season: Fall/Winter 2021
Method: Hand picked, processed on site, very small batch
Oxidization: Pu'er Processing Style
Region: Liugui, Taiwan
Recommend Brewing Style:
Gong Fu Style: 3-5g per 100ml, ~100C water, 10-15 second flash steeps for first 3-4 steeps then adjust to taste. Lasts 10+ steeps.
Western Style: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR WESTERN STYLE BREWING.
