Old Mill

Old Mill 80's Japan Export Liu Bao Type: Liu Bao Hei Cha Harvest: 1980s Cultivar: Quntizhong Medium Leaf Varietal Elevation: ? Location: Cangwu County, Guangxi Province Tasting Notes Dry Leaf: Dry Wood. Wet Leaf: Texas Brisket. Raisin Oatmeal. Liquor: Black Taste: Pencil Shavings. Coal-Fired Sauna. Ash. Ready For Export This tea is a relic from an earlier form of Liu Bao, now mostly replaced by more modern production methods with riper fermentation. Made from fine pieces of leaf (rather than whole leaf), this tea exudes a sweet, Chinese medicine aroma (药香). This is marked as Japanese Export due to a trend in the 1980s to consume Liu Bao as a medicinal beverage in Japan. Before, it was primarily consumed in Southern China and countries in Southeast Asia. Although Liubao tea has largely become unknown in Japan since that time, this tea still marks a special moment in the history of Liu Bao spreading around the world. Liu Bao Cha - 六堡茶 Liu Bao tea originate