Yuxiangzhai Collection 2023

Anhui Handcraft Green Tea Tasting Set

Dinggu Dafang Zhupu 2023
頂谷大方 竹鋪

Dinggu Dafang Zhupu Wild (Huangye) 2023
頂谷大方 竹鋪 荒野

Yongxi Huoqing Fengkeng Wild (Yecha) 2023
湧溪火青 楓坑 野茶

Yongxi Huoqing Shijingkeng Wild (Huangye) 2023
湧溪火青 石井坑 荒野

Limited edition of 30 sets. 5g x 2 of each tea, 40g total.

In collaboration with Anhui specialist teamaker Yuxiangzhai, we are excited to present a limited edition tasting set of fully handcrafted Anhui green teas. These are the result of several years of historical research and in-practice revival of Ming/Qing era handcraft, not only in technique but in consideration of tea within the larger context of mind-body.

You will find these present a more balanced body effect, without excessive cooling or harshness. We recommend you push these teas more than you might a typical Chinese green. Intensive steeps with off-the-boil water will reveal a lot of complexity and highlight exceptional qualities these teas have to offer. But they show just as well in a bowl or a tall glass as a more relaxed session.

A note about "wild": there is a distinction between 荒野 huangye and 野茶 yecha. Huangye can also be translated as "feral," meaning once-cultivated garden that has been left untended for a long period of time. Yecha or yeshengcha refers to properly wild plants that have seed-propagated in nature.

Suggestion: 5g / 100 ml, 85-95C.