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.
Europe: $35 AUD flat-rate, free above $150 AUD.
Canada: $30 CAD flat-rate, free above $130 CAD.
United States of America: Tiered pricing based on order weight, with a choice of either Standard, or Express with Signature. Tariffs are calculated automatically and collected at checkout.
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.