2024 'Shanshui' Raw Puerh Tea
‘Shanshui’ is the 2024 rendition of our affordable flagship raw puerh tea.
A blend of several excellent materials from across Southern Yunnan that we’ve been refining since we started, designed for no-compromise raw puerh with power, sweetness, longevity, and ability to age. This is the kind of tea that we reach for almost daily; there’s a strong fruity punch, well-balanced bitterness with returning sweetness to follow, and lingering fragrance. Thick body, with enough astringency for some backbone and still pleasant to drink without having to age it 20 years first. Although if you can keep your tongue off it, it will age into leatherwood honey; sweet with a nice fragrant kick.
A representation of the incredible value Yunnan has to offer; all the material is from trees growing unmanaged in lush tropical forest, with more age on them than you might expect at this price point.
Wrapper artwork by ERODUCTONS.
2024 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.