ORIGIN
Vietnam is known as one of the oldest tea regions in the world, with a vast area of ancient tea trees spreading from northeast to northwest. Hà Giang province is located in the northeast part of Vietnam on the border with Yunnan province, China. This region is famous for its wild ancient trees grown here for hundreds and even thousands of years. The unique climate, high altitude, rich soil, and high level of humidity create an excellent environment for tea trees to grow, which gives this tea a particularly special character and taste. This is a homeland of different minorities like Vietnamese, H'Mông, Tay, Kinh, Nung, Dao, and others, who traditionally use tea leaves as medicine and take care of the tea trees.
Made from high-quality young spring buds harvested from 200+ years old tea trees, this tea is unique due to its rareness. Harvested by the H'Mong minority high in the mountains at an altitude of about 1200 meters and processed by a local tea master.
ORGANOLEPTICS
Whole leaves and medium fermentation level make this tea a beautiful and authentic Shu (Ripe) Pu'Er and make it very different from modern versions. Thanks to six years of storage in the humid climate of the Vietnamese mountains, the tea has aged successfully and acquired the qualities of a semi-aged tea. Dry tea leaves have bright woody, nutty notes. After warming up, the aroma continues with sweeter, aromatic, woody motifs. After rinsing, the aroma is revealed into deep, woody, earthy notes.
The taste of the tea is clean, sweet, and mellow, with deep woody, nutty notes and a wonderful returning sweetness in the aftertaste. The deep, balanced taste, with each new infusion, pleases with its transparency and softness like a real old tea. Silky texture, long-lasting sweet aftertaste.