جيدينج 2018 رو بوير (革登)#12

【Origin Traceability】
💎 Originated from the secret realm of Gedeng, one of the six ancient tea mountains, with an altitude of 1,600 meters in the original rainforest. The remains of the tribute tea garden of the Qing Dynasty, the ancient tea trees over 200 years old coexist with wild bananas and ferns, and the humus soil and granite cracks nourish the unique relaxed style of "Pao Tiao Tea". The leaves are as wide as a palm, the strips are black and shiny like black iron, and the peacock blue light shines in the sunlight, showing the original wildness.

[Craftsmanship Essence]
💎Ancient relaxation method: Pick one bud and three leaves in the first spring of 2017, spread on bamboo plaques for 48 hours to activate the floral and fruity fragrance, and use a copper pot to kill the green tea at low temperature to retain the active enzymes;
💎The secret of soaking strips: gently knead and shape into fluffy strips, and lightly press into 357g cakes with stone molds. The cake surface is like autumn leaves stacked, and the air permeability is better than compressed tea;
💎Sunlight taming: Sunbathe on bamboo mats off the ground for five days, ultraviolet rays tame the strong mountain and wild, and cotton paper packaging reserves natural breathing pores.

【Epic of Taste】
🍵Look at the shape and smell the aroma: the dry tea is black and shiny like quenched black iron, the cold fragrance is like night primrose mixed with rainforest humus, and the wildness hides the sweetness of honey;
🍵First brew at dawn: the soup is golden and transparent like glass, and it tastes sweet and soft like fresh longan meat, and the tongue slides over the thick and smooth wild honey;
🍵Three to five brews: the floral fragrance explodes like breaking into the gardenia field, the saliva is like a rainstorm hitting banana leaves, and the throat is filled with the coolness of mint springs;
🍵After seven brews: the soup feels fuller and fuller like silk wrapped around the tongue, the bottom of the cup is condensed with the compound fragrance of fir resin and wild mushrooms, and the tail water is sweet like rock sugar snow pear.

【Aging prediction】
✅After seven years of transformation, the tea products in 2017 have turned from green to soft. Drinking it now is like encountering a chivalrous and tender heart - the wildness is not lost but it is more mellow. After another five years of storage, the floral fragrance will settle into the flavor of medicinal honey; after ten years, the soup will feel thick like molten gold, and the cool feeling at the bottom of the throat will double, which is a treasure of the tea warehouse.

[Key to tasting]
✅1. Secret technique of awakening tea: the tea needle is spirally pried along the edge of the cake, retaining the complete strips, and the tea is awakened in one breath with boiling water;
✅2. Weapon list: thin-bodied white porcelain covered bowl locks the floral fragrance, and the glass fairness cup has a golden ring;
✅3. Water temperature rule: gentle water injection at 92℃ throughout the process, the first five brews are poured out immediately, and the sixth brew is soaked for 20 seconds to extract the wild flavor.

[The true meaning of tea ceremony]
✅This cake of Gedeng tea is a revelation written by the rain forest to modern tea drinkers——
The fluffy strips hide the rebellion against mechanical aesthetics, and the golden soup shakes the untamed wildness. You don’t have to sit upright to drink it: it can be paired with Dongpo pork to stir up the heroic spirit of the rivers and lakes, and it can also be paired with books to taste the character of literati. The true flavor of tea never succumbs to standards, but only lives forever in the flavor of the throat.