PULSE OF HEAVEN | 2021 SHOU PU ER - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR

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PULSE OF HEAVEN | 2021 SHOU PU ER

PULSE OF HEAVEN | 2021 SHOU PU ER

$108.00

40g
80g
200g - Cake

This is a very juicy, unusually fruity cooked Pu Er. Early steeps are reminiscent of Taiwanese black tea; the 4th to 6th steeps reveal stronger notes of the tea's 2020 F8 base (leather, wood and fresh hay). The tea offers strong 'gan', minimum astringency, and a very sweet mouthfeel at the centre of the tongue and palate.

This tea cake is an iteration of the 2020 edition of DC’s F8. Using 400-year-old Bulang Shan tree leaves as a base, Mr. Lu added some 300-year-old Nannuo Shan tree leaves, known for enhancing ‘gan’.

Harvest: 2017
g/cake: 200g
Pressing Date: 2021
Leaves: 布朗山 (Bulang Shan), ~400-year-old trees and 南糯山 (Nannuo Shan) ~300-year-old trees

Retail Price (Guangzhou): ¥1300

Price reference (in China) for Previous Editions: 2018 (357g): ¥3900

Brewing Guide

WATER	100º \| 212º F 240ml \| 8oz
TEA	5 - 8g
STEEP STYLE	15 seconds \| multiple steeps
EQUIPMENT	Gaiwan or Yixing Teapot

WHY WE LIKE IT

This shou (ripe) pu er is smooth with a certain calming energy to it. The notes are complex enough to drink stand alone, however it pairs very nicely with dark aged rum on a cold rainy Vancouver night.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Mr. Lu Zhi Ming is the founder and leader at DC Tea, Guangzhou and Menghai. He spends over six months per year in Yunnan, developing close relationships with the farmers in remote mountain villages. He personally sources all of the tea leaves for DC Tea. (ie, harvests and pan-fires) Some of the most select batches are handcrafted by Mr. Ming. DC has won multiple awards all over China and Mr. Ming has one of the best-trained palates we've ever encountered.

DC team Pedro and a big old tree