You Le Long Pa 攸樂龍帕 (亞諾) — Reserve Collection
Long Pa Gao Gan Gu Shu - Spring 2018 / Packet (7 grams)
$45.00
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You Le Long Pa 攸樂龍帕 (亞諾) — Reserve Collection
$45.00
Sale price
$45.00
Regular price
This tea belongs to the Sheng Pu tradition.
This Spring 2018 Gao Gan Gu Shu was harvested from exceptionally tall, straight ancient tea trees—sometimes nicknamed “utility poles.” Their precious leaves grow only at the canopy, more than 20 feet above the ground, and require highly skilled climbers to harvest. These are the trees shown in Great Big Story’s Searching for China’s Ancient Tea Leaves.
Tea Drunk ReserveThe best vintage of each tea.
- TypePu Er Sheng Cha
- TerroirYou Le · Yun Nan
- CultivarIndigenous Heirloom, Gu Shu/Ancient Tea Trees
The sweetest Pu Er east of the Lan Cang River, You Le is known for gentle elegance and an expansive, permeating mouthfeel. This 2018 Reserve comes from Gao Gan Gu Shu in Long Pa village: exceptionally tall ancient tea trees with leaves concentrated high in the canopy. Their material gives this tea an especially silky texture while preserving You Le’s classic sweetness.
The Three Pillars · 攸樂龍帕
Place · terroir
Long Pa village, You Le Shan, East of Lang Cang River, Xi Shuang Ban Na, Yun Nan Province, China (~1500m elevation)
Plant · cultivar
Heirloom, ancient Gu Shu tea trees
Craft · type
Pu Er Sheng Cha
In the cup
This vintage
Long Pa Gao Gan Gu Shu - Spring 2018
This 2018 Gao Gan Gu Shu is like morning dew from the sweetest flowers. Gentle floral and stone-fruit notes spread over light herbaceousness and pleasant tannins, with an especially silky texture and deep, permeating Hui Gan.
Morning dew from the sweetest flowers: gentle floral sweetness, stone fruit, and a light herbaceous lift over pleasant tannins. The Gao Gan material gives this tea an especially silky texture, with a deep, permeating Hui Gan. A tender sugarcane sweetness carries through the silky texture and deep Hui Gan.
The making
This tea is made entirely by hand from a picking of one bud with two or three leaves. After resting in the shade to lose some moisture, the leaves undergo wood-fired Sha Qing in a large batch. This keeps the enzymes from being fully deactivated, leaving the tea room to age. During Zuo Xing, the leaves are rolled into string shape and then spread evenly under strong sun to dry.
How to brew
History & significance
You Le is one of the Ancient Six Tea Mountains east of the Lan Cang River. Long Pa—Ya Nuo in the local language—is one of You Le’s most prized villages and is home to the Ji Nuo people. Pu Er is traditionally named by origin, and specificity matters: Long Pa identifies the village within You Le, while Gao Gan identifies the exceptional tall-tree material used for this batch.