DA YOU, QIANLONG TRIBUTE | 2011 Raw Jingmai Pu Er Tea

A tea shaped by time, fragrance, and one of Yunnan's most celebrated mountains.

Qianlong Tribute · Jingmai (乾隆元年小貢餅 · 景邁) is a 2011 raw pu er pressed from ancient big-tree material grown on Jingmai — one of Yunnan's legendary Six Great Tea Mountains. Naturally aged for over a decade, it carries Jingmai's signature elegance beautifully: floral, honeyed, and remarkably clear.

This one belongs to Da You's Qianlong First Year Small Tribute Cake series, a limited release built around exactly this kind of aged sheng. The golden liquor opens with orchid blossom, beeswax, dried meadow flowers, and sandalwood, softening into a silky palate where that early vibrant freshness has gently mellowed into layers of honeyed sweetness. Long after you've finished the cup, the floral fragrance is still there — that lingering signature is a real hallmark of great Jingmai tea.

This isn't a tea that shouts. It's elegant rather than powerful, and it rewards patience — every infusion tells you a little more about the ancient trees it came from, the mountain it grew on, and what a decade of quiet ageing can do.

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Serving suggestion: Give this one your full attention and let each infusion unfold in its own time. Much like a fine Burgundy, it's celebrated for elegance, transparency, and a real sense of place — not sheer intensity.

Naturally aged since 2011, grown from ancient big-tree material on one of Yunnan's most iconic mountains, this is a rare, collector-worthy cake — floral, honeyed, and quietly extraordinary with every steep.