Product detailed description
Fresh Yunnan Red Tea from Jiabu village (架布) at Yibang Tea Mountain (倚邦山). Tea was harvested and compressed in Spring 2025. Jiabu village is located in close neighbourhood from Xiangming (象明乡) in Mengla County (勐海县), an important transportation hub between Mangzhi (莽枝), Yibang (倚邦) and Manzhuan (蛮专) Ancient Tea Mountains in Mengla County (勐腊县). The tea leaves come from mature tea trees (qiaomu 桥木), which were collected across Jiabu tea gardens at the elevation about 1300 m.a.s.l. Unlike the Yiwu Qiaomu Hongcha 2024, this tea was harvested during the first Spring harvest in 2025 (Touchun 头春), which is even more precious, sweeter and more complex. The green covers with golden peacock presents one of the symbols of Xishuangbanna (kingdom of plants and animals in tropical rain forests) and refers to rich Dai Kingdom history, also known as Sipsongpanna" (西双版纳) or "Mengbalanaxi" (勐巴拉娜西) between 1180-1993*.
The tea was generously provided by Zhoujie and Mengmeng (FM-01), tea producers living in Jiabu village (架布) at Yibang Tea Mountain (倚邦山) who source their teas from Six Ancient Tea Mountains (Guliudachashan 古六大茶山). During our work trip to Xishuangbanna at the beginning of 2025, we spent quite a lot of time travelling and exploring several tea gardens and tasting various teas from the Mengla area (勐腊).
Aroma:
- Wet + dry leaf (Shicha 湿茶 + Gancha 干茶) - caramel fragrance with fresh fruity tones
- Cup aroma imprint (Guabeixiang 挂杯香) - noticable tones of sweet pastry and flower honey
Color:
- Initial phase (< 5 infusions) - transparent bright orange-ochre shades
- Development phase (> 5 infusions) - darker ochre-honey shades
Taste:
- Initial phase (< 5 infusions) - sour fruits (cherries, apples and lemon), roasted corn (popcorn) with tones of sweet caramel
- Advanced phase (> 5 infusions) - juicy vegetable (rhubarb) with tones of sweet pastry, white orchids and honey
Body:
- Thickness (Naipao 耐泡) - solid vitality, which will allow you to make more infusions
- Texture (Chunhounongyu 醇厚浓郁) - thick and complex character (ideal for work or travelling)
- Astringency (Se 涩) - none
- Character (Kutianjiaozhi 苦甜交织) - similarly like other teas from Yibang Mountain, this tea rapidly brings intense sweeteness and provides different degrees of exotic flowers, stonefruits and honey (character of the Yibang Mountain)
- Balance (Zonghe pinghengdu 综合平衡度) - differences between particular layers of flavours are gradual and symmetrical (i.e. no suprise changes in between the infusions)
Aftertaste:
- Sweetness (Huigan 回甘) - strong and intense sweeteness within hours
- Mouthful feeling (Shengjin 生津) - intense mouth-water-feeling within hours
- Energy feeling (Nenglianggan 能量感) - noticable warming and boosting effect within hours
Additional parameters
Category: | Teas |
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Distributor: | FM-01, Mengmeng and Zhoujie |
Packing: | 200 g |
Tea mountain: | Yibang 倚邦 |
Year: | 2025-2019 |
? Producer: | FM-01, Mengmeng and Zhoujie |
? Origin: | Yibang (倚邦), Jiabu (架布) |
? Harvest: | Q1/2025, Touchun (头春) |
Altitude: | ± 1300 m.a.s.l. |
? Quality: | Qiaomu (乔木) |
? Type: | Yunnan Shaihong (云南红茶) |
? Storage: | Gancang (干仓), Xishuangbanna (2023-2025), Prague (>2025) |
? Best before: | unlimited / 20XX |