2019 'Dethflow' Raw Puerh
'Dethflow' is our flagship raw puerh for 2019. The material is from eastern Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, China and has a very soft, sweet, and luxurious character.
This tea has a very thick mouthfeel, strong huigan (returning sweetness), and delivers a potent and supple bitterness that's elegantly buried beneath layers of silky smoothness. This tea will ramp up in strength as it ages, turning more to sweet wood and stone-fruits.
For those chasing the dragon, we find it's quite a strongly sedating tea. If you want to find out how to get tea drunk, Dethflow is a good place to start.
It's a premium tea with a fairly premium price tag, but one we believe reflects our philosophy and approach to puerh, and why it's such a worthwhile pursuit.
Loose compression. Buy one for now, and buy one to age.
Wrapper artwork by Max Prentis.
2019 tea material produced in Yunnan, China.
200g per compressed cake, with 5 cakes per traditionally wrapped bamboo tong. 25g samples are cut or broken from the cakes and sealed into bags.
All orders are shipped from our HQ in Melbourne within 1-2 business days, using Australia Post.
Australia: $9.95 AUD flat-rate standard shipping, free above $75 AUD. $14.95 AUD flat-rate express shipping, free above $100 AUD.
New Zealand: $20 AUD flat-rate, free above $90 AUD.
Asia: $25 AUD flat-rate, free above $150 AUD.
North America: $30 AUD flat-rate, free above $150 AUD.
Europe: $35 AUD flat-rate, free above $150 AUD.Use boiling water (100C).
We recommend using approx 1g of tea per 15ml of water for gongfu-style brewing in a teapot or gaiwan. Rinse the leaves once and then brew as usual. You can re-steep the leaves several times until there's no flavour left.
For Western-style brewing in a larger teapot, use approx 5g tea per 100ml of water. You can re-brew the leaves a few times.
To brew direct in a mug, use 1-2g of tea in the bottom of the cup, fill to top with boiling water, and drink once cool. Re-fill the cup with more water when you've drunk 1/3rd of the tea. Repeat until there's no more flavour left.
All of our teas are suitable for long-term storage and ageing.
Keep your tea away from sunlight and strong smells, and somewhere with stable climate conditions.
You can keep it sealed inside the re-usable bag the tea comes in, or another non-porous container.