2021 Chaze '5 Villages of Xishuanbanna', Collector's Series
2021 Chaze '5 Villages of Xishuanbanna', Collector's Series
This raw pu erh cake from the Chaze tea factory is made from a refined blend of tea leaves and golden buds. They are harvested from at least 150-year-old ancient trees in 5 different villages in the Xishuangbanna tea area. It offers a well balanced, rich flower and honey aroma, with excellent thick and viscous texture.
Chaze Four-Star Tea Cakes
When you see four red stars on the wrapping paper of Chaze tea cakes, you can feel assured that it will be an impressive tea. In fact, only the leaves from trees that are 150 years old or older can be used for the Chaze Four-Star cakes. This ensures top quality tea and a rich taste.
Chaze factory's tea cakes featuring 4 stars are typically purchased by pu erh tea connoisseurs who want to buy for long-term storage, or as an investment.
Five Villages Blend
Pu erh blends are appreciated for their consistency, and Tea Masters who create them work intensively to keep the taste balanced and harmonious. The material used for this Four-Star tea cake blend comes from five villages in Xishuangbanna: Lao Ban Zhang, Lao Man'e, Xin Ban Zhang, Ba Ka Nan and Ba Ka Long.
Origin
Origin
- Year: 2021
- Season: Spring
- Origin: Xishuangbanna, Yunnan
- Varietal (cultivar): large leaf Assamica (Da Ye Zhong)
- Production date: 20 April 2021
- Type: raw (sheng)/li>
- Brand: Chaze
- Series/recipe: Wuzhai Zhencang, Four Stars
- Shape: pu erh tea cake
- Weight: 357g
How to Steep
How to Steep
How to make Chaze '5 Villages of Xishuanbanna' raw pu erh tea?
There are two methods to prepare this pu erh tea cake:
Gongfu method
Brew 5 gram with 100 ml of water at 100°C. Steep for 10 seconds for the first few infusions. Afterward, gradually increase the steeping time.
Western method
Steep 3 gram with 500 ml of water at 100 °C. Apply a brewing time of 1.5 minutes and add 1 minute for each next infusion.
Our design work is inspired by the artwork “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by the Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty. Instead of displaying the daily lives of people in the capital of China (as the original artwork), we display the tea making process of farmers through the same bird’s eye perspective.
When examining our packaging design in detail, tea enthusiasts will observe the tea making process, featuring tea farmers picking, drying, rolling, and frying tea leaves. The tea is then tasted in a pavilion and transported by horses along the ‘ancient tea road’.
Together, the traditional Chinese landscape and tea making theme, symbolise heritage, tradition, and respect for hard work of tea farmers.