Bitterleaf Reserve – Winter Wings 2015 Bangdong Raw Puer
$145.00
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Description
We’ve gone very few years without releasing a Bangdong raw puer, and for good reason. This was one of our earliest introductions to this Lincang village, which impressed us right away with a cooling sensation in the throat.
This cooling sensation gave way to the name. However, the name was also a lesson though, as some people (even a careless blogger) took it literally thinking that maybe this was made from winter material – even though we explicitly mentioned that it was spring tea.
Name confusion aside, this tea was a very balanced one when we initially offered it, with some young sheng aggressiveness, but also a nice sweetness. Today, this tea has maintained its identity very well and remains recognizable. It’s still sweet and has a great huigan, still offers a cooling sensation and lingering fragrance, but with a typical smoothness you’d expect after 11 years. Revisiting this in 2026 has been a very satisfying experience.
Availability: 4 x 200g cakes
Our Reserve teas consist of our very earliest puer pressings and releases, ranging from a minimum of 10 years up to 20 years in age.
Availability is limited, with only 1 or 2 cakes available in some cases. If you ever lamented letting one of these slip by, then this is your last chance to pick it up (with an extra decade of age on it).
Each of these teas has remained in dry storage conditions in Kunming since day 1. This style of storage yields slower development than more humid regions, however, “dry” is largely used relative to more traditional storage locations (eg: Hong Kong, Guangdong, Malaysia, etc). With humidity in our primary storage ranging from 55-75% (depending on season), it’s not exactly a desert.
For our taste, this storage strikes a good balance between development into a smoother/sweeter tea, safety in terms of mold risks, and retaining the tea’s original character.
Upon receiving these cakes, we recommend letting them adjust after travel and reaching a new environment by “waking them up”. This can be done by storing them in a clay jar (Jianshui clay is often suitable) for 2 weeks or so, and/or introducing stable humidity with the use of a Boveda pack (no more than 72%).
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| Weight | 200 g |
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