Puer Sheng (Raw) Tea Bulang Treasure 2020 Cake 357g

The 2020 Bulang Treasure Puer Sheng (raw) Tea 2020 is a product carefully selected by Tea Soul to offer an even deeper tasting experience and knowledge regarding the complex type of puer teas. The gardens from which the leaves of this sheng come are located near the city of Mengzhe in Menghai County. From this area in the far south of Yunnan, in Xishuangbanna province, come many high-quality puer due to the area’s excellent raw material and the large presence of skilled and experienced tea artisans. The infusion of Bulang Treasure 2020 Puer Sheng (raw) Tea 2020 possesses a fairly complex flavor profile capable of developing a lot especially in the aftertaste. In the first few sips, the tea mainly shows its vegetal character suggesting both a strong asparagus-like taste and a fresher one comparable to that in soybean shoots. As the tasting progresses, the puer also reveals a sweetness with a hint of cereal and a body that is particularly soft enough to suggest a buttery sensation on the palate. Amidst the rich panorama of flavors in this product you can also detect a slight bitterness, a sign of great potential for maturation over time. If you would like to further explore the wide range of flavors that the Bulang area is capable of expressing, we suggest you compare this product with the 2018 Bulang Gushu Puer Sheng (Raw) Tea.

Place of origin

Mengzhe, Menghai county – Yunnan, China

Production

After harvesting, the leaves of Bulang Treasure 2020 Puer Sheng (raw) Tea are left to wither in the sun for a certain amount of time depending on the producer before going through the “green killing” stage, which is purportedly similar to that used to produce green teas. The special feature, in this case, lies in not heating the leaves as much as is done for a green tea so that certain enzymes capable of changing flavors over time are preserved. Once cooked, the leaves are allowed to rest overnight before concluding the drying process in the sun. At this stage the product is called maocha and is ready to be (eventually) pressed in order to obtain the best conditions for transport and aging. To press the leaves they are passed through for a few seconds by a strong jet of steam so that they are made soft on the outside and are then gathered into a sock or sack that will give the product its usually discoidal shape. To ensure that this structure remains fixed over time the sack is left for hours under a stone or mechanical press while the leaves lose that residual moisture taken up by the steam in the previous step.

Bulang Treasure 2020 Puer Sheng (Raw) Tea Infusion Method

We strongly recommend infusing Bulang Treasure 2020 Puer Sheng (raw) Tea in the traditional Chinese method (Gong Fu Cha) with a Gaiwan with a capacity of about 100 ml. Following this preparation, with 5 grams of leaves, multiple infusions can be made that are useful for best tasting all the flavors of the tea. After a quick rinse of the leaves with water at a temperature of 100°C, an initial infusion of 10 seconds can be made, and then, keeping the water at the same temperature, one can continue to exploit the product by adding more to water and increasing the previous infusion time by about 5 seconds (10 – 15 – 20…). For a more traditional preparation in the Western style, we recommend 3 grams of leaves (about 2 teaspoons)

in a 150 ml cup with water at 100°C for an infusion time of one and a half minutes. For a better tasting experience, we suggest that you strain the infusion as soon as the set steeping time is over. The infusion times we suggest, however, can also be slightly modified to your liking to achieve a more or less intense taste. We recommend storing in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.

Benefits of Puer Sheng Tea (raw)

Puer Sheng (raw) Teas have mainly effects concerning the nervous system. In fact, thanks to their caffeine and amino acid content, they are able to give both an arousal that is useful in keeping the mind alert and responsive, and to lower the production of certain hormones that lead to a sense of stress. The charge induced by Puer Sheng (raw) Tea, moreover, manifests gradually in the body and demonstrates a longer duration over time than the effect that can be felt by taking Green Teas. Finally, if you are particularly sensitive to caffeine, we encourage you to take no more than two cups of Puer Sheng Tea (raw) per day and perhaps try to take this beverage in the morning or early afternoon.

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