“I got this tea in my latest order from Mandala – oooh, it’s very nice! After my monster matcha green smoothie, I decided to steep some of this up in my Yixing teapot especially for shengs. I...” Read full tasting note
“I drank multiple steepings of this during the afternoon, while I was cleaning & rearranging my sun room, then watering all the plants. This is such a lovely mild & sweet tea, with a thick...” Read full tasting note
“Man, I don’t know if I did something wrong with this tea, or if it is really THAT different tasting than the Wild Monk cake I’ve got at home… I brewed it up and treated it just like I would my...” Read full tasting note
“I’ve been spending a lot more time outdoors with my pups, exercising and gardening lately. I’ve started a miniature container garden! We had a few days of fantastic rare sunny warm/cool days...” Read full tasting note
Many in the West have never tried pu’er tea, let alone a mao cha. Mao cha translates to “unfinished tea”. It is the sun-dried form of the leaf before it is steamed and pressed into cakes and made into a green style pu’er.
This particular mao cha is very special in that it was picked from tea trees grown entirely in the wild, surrounded by all the native floral and fauna, exposed to nothing but clean air, high-altitude and sunshine. The tea grows quite dark, almost purple as it has adapted to the high levels in sunshine, protecting itself from the UV rays. For us humans that means we get a tea that is even higher in antioxidants.
This is a product of our April 2012 buying trip to China. We are so excited by this tea and have commissioned the pressing of 300 cakes of this leaf for long-term storage and aging. Customers are raving about this tea and we have had many repeat buys!
Almost no bitterness is present in the infused tea liquor, even when brewing at higher temps, though most of our customers are enjoying this at water temps of 175 to 190 degrees. This is delicious in the tea glass style of brewing, as well, but should definitely be enjoyed gongfu style at least once!
The dry leaf has a sweet, smoky aroma and even those who have not been fans of smoke are enjoying this tea. So sweet and full in the mouth with a tea energy that will leave you feeling fantastic! You will keep coming back for more!
We are so excited to be one of the first tea companies in the US to offer mao cha to our customers. And this tea is much worthy of the rave reviews it is getting!
Check out this tea made into a 100 gram pu’er cake commissioned by Mandala Tea!
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