Jungle Flow - Chiang Rai Gushu Sheng 3/2024 - 100g

Jungle Flow - Chiang Rai Gushu Sheng 3/2024 - 100g
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Sheng coming from Giang Rai region, i.e. from northern Thailand, from a well-known area where old tea trees used for puerh production grow. The trees are often in hard to reach locations and it is always hand picked. Spring crop from march 2024.
 
The altitude of the hand-picked trees is around 950 m, the cultivar is Camelia sinensis, variety Assamica and the age of the Gushu trees is given by the producer as well over the 200 year old base (Gushu = 200 years or more). I don't want to argue over the exact age, what is important is the flavour and character of the tea, the yield in infusions. From this one can distinguish whether it is Gushu or shrub tea. 
 
A delicate but very hearty, complex and refined sheng. The aroma of dry leaf is delicate, beautifully sweet, spicy, mountain herb.
The taste is sweet, juicy, full, clean with a hint of forest herbs. With short, almost instant pour-overs, you can expect countless delicious, delicate infusions.

The tea is suitable for aging, gradually rounding out in flavour and showing more herbal notes and sweetness. However, it is already delicious now.

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Brewing per 100ml - Gong fu Cha - 3g, 90°C, 20-30s first infusion, subsequent infusions to be poured immediately, extending the time interval only when the tea loses its strength.