Laocong Shui XianPerhaps our mildest Yan Cha on offer, this 'old bush', a tea tree over 70 years in age, has been tempered by time, sharing only the most sagacious of flavours without feeling the need for the flashier roastings of its Wuyi companions. Compared to them, Shui Xian has a very distinct and recognisable character, the sharpness of spicesginger & cloveand the acidity of green fruits rolling out from the gaiwan or teapot buoyed in a very soft, comfortable

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The vibrant orange tea soup feels heavy as it’s poured into the cup

Lü Qiongying gazing up at her trees

often called “The Porcelain Capital” and the considered the epicenter of Chinese ceramic production

and boxes of 4 cartons

mined from Zhao Zhuang and stored in a private collection before it was processed by the artist Jiangli

it also bears mention that this very garden houses the king tree of Laobanzhang

and caramel-sweet liquor mirrors these notes

the persistence of florality and just the right tinge of bitterness long after the tea's minerality has cleaned other elements away

Written by Dimitri

Though it falls on the delicate side of the black tea spectrum

the leaves are dried similarly to other types of tea