Home to the world's oldest known transitional tea tree, a 1,000-year-old living bridge between wild and cultivated species. Bangwei is where botany meets mythology in a cup of primordial, mineral-laced sheng.
Tasting Notes
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Origin
Bangwei, Lancang, Pu'er, China
Plant
Transitional-type tea tree (between wild C. thalictoides and cultivated C. sinensis var. assamica)
Land
~1,900m
Craft
Spring harvest. Hand-picked, wok-fired, sun-dried, stone-mold pressed.
From the tea table
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