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F8 FAVOURITE | 2020 SHOU PU ER - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR
F8 FAVOURITE | 2020 SHOU PU ER - O-FIVE RARE TEA BAR

F8 FAVOURITE | 2020 SHOU PU ER

DC
$80.00
  • 40g
  • 357g - Cake

 

This is the latest edition of the very successful F8 collection of tea cakes, released since 2012 using leaves from the same tea grove. The 2012 release, in particular, is a highly regarded collectors’ item, now valued at ~ CNY 8900 ($1679).

 

Harvest: 2017
g/cake: 357g
Pressing Date: 2020
Leaves:  布朗(Bulang Shan), ~400-year-old trees

Retail Price Reference (Guangzhou): ¥2900 

Price reference (in China) for Previous Editions:

2018 (357g): ¥3900

2016 (357g): ¥4900

2014 (357g): ¥6900



Brewing Guide

F8 FAVOURITE
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 teamPedro and a big old tree