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Mengding Gan Lu (Sweet Dew)

One of China's oldest named teas with over 2,000 years of history, considered the mother of ten thousand teas. Multiple rounds of pan-firing produce a characteristic chestnut sweetness with a lingering vegetal finish.

Tasting Notes

chestnutsweetvegetallingeringclean

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Origin

Mengding Mountain, Ya'an, Sichuan, China

Plant

Mengding Zhong Ye Zhong

Land

800-1,200m

Craft

Spring (before Qingming) harvest. Pan-fired multiple rounds, hand-rolled.

Brewing

Gongfu
80.0°Ctemp
4gper 100ml
20s1st steep

Add 10s each steep · 3-5 steeps

Timed for this tea

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