Jing Mai 2012 Spring

This Jing Mai cake is made from tall, ancient tea trees growing in Da Ping Zhang tea garden, on top of the mountain at 1,700m above sea level. These gushu leaves were hand picked & processed by Blang villagers in early April, after a week of constant sunshine. Due to the excellent weather this batch of tea is exceptionally tasty. It has that characteristic Jingmai astringency in the mouth, which comes from adaptation to the high elevation, with a deep hay & floral aroma, and a gentle huigan. These cakes were stone pressed & wrapped in Yiwu by Tea Urchin. The cover depicts Belle & Eugene trying not to fall off the mountain whilst tea picking. You can read about our Jingmai tea sourcing adventure on our blog.