Description
This Grand Cru is the product of a little-known tea garden with semi-wild tea plants, located within Shan State, Myanmar. This type of exceptional plantation is able to produce delicious teas that offer highly complex fragrances.
A Mao Cha with fruity, vegetal, floral and ashy notes that blossom against a vivacious texture.
Special qualities
- Origin:
- Shan State, Myanmar
- Tea colour:
- Dark tea
Tasting notes
Feuille sèche
Appearance: long twisted leaves
Colour: black, purple
Notes: currant, mushrooms, ashes
Infusion
Notes: yellow fruits, mushrooms, floral
Liqueur
Colour: dark yellow
Texture: vivid
Flavour: sweet, acid, delicate touch of bitterness
Notes: exotic fruits (green papaya, mango, guava), yellow fruits (apricot), mushrooms, ashes, vegetal, floral
Suggestion of preparation
With the tasting set or a teapot: 5 minutes in water heated to 195°F.
With the Gong Fu Cha: infusions during 30-40 seconds.
Grands Crus: savour the exceptional
Rare and ephemeral, teas identified as Grands Crus by Palais des Thés are the result of alchemy between a tea plant variety, its terroir and the talent of an artisan grower. Meticulously plucked, processed and sourced in the most respected tea gardens, our Grands Crus unveil unique flavours that reflect the refinement of their origins.