CLOUDLINE | Dark Tea from Tibet

Tea is an integral part of Tibetan and Mongolian cultures.  For centuries, both peoples have imported the lion's share of their tea from Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and Hubei. 

There is, however, a wonderful tea garden in Tibet.  With an average altitude of 2300m above sea level, these trees grow in a pristine environment.  The leaves are picked only in spring, and they are processed the traditional 'Tibetan' techniques that are common among Sichuan's tea masters.

The tea is pressed into  beatuful but annoyingly inconsisetent 'bricks' of approximately 500g each.  The leaves are larger, as you would expect from dark tea,

Tasting Experience:  notes of fresh hay, automn foliage, wild reishi and young pine mushrooms.  It is highly reminiscent of a walk in the woods, in autumn.

Origin:  Bome, Nyingchi, Tibet, China

GPS:  30.13° N | 95.02° E