2022 'A Flash And Then The Quiet' Raw Puerh Tea
As one of our new raw puerh teas, 'A Flash' is an experimental production we’ve been planning for years.
This tea was made with a focus on upfront juicy bitterness, viscous mouth-coating body, and overall bang for buck. It's made of tea materials grown and harvested in lesser frequented parts Yunnan's tea forests, safe from prying eyes, and recognition by name (and the associated pricing).
When brewed, this tea reveals a slight funkiness in its initial aroma, which rounds out into a smooth, juicy bitterness on the tongue, delivered with plenty of oily texture and sticky fragrance. This is a durable, bitter-forward tea that delivers a dynamic experience across successive steeps; an ever-fabled ‘unicorn tea’ of high-quality yet disproportionately affordable materials.
In short, a tea only made possible by some long-term thinking and optimistic investment over consecutive years.
Pictures by Pingle Pictures.
2022 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.