Sister Ai’s Everyday Golden Pu’er (2022)

Sister Ai’s Everyday Golden Pu’er (2022)What is “Golden Cake” Sheng Pu’er Tea? Pu’er tea is a specialty of Yunnan Province, where the tea has been the backbone of trade through the Tea Horse Road trading route for 1500 years. Sheng (Raw) Pu’er is known for its yellow or golden tea liquor and its combination of sweetness and astringency. It is different from the very dark Shou (Cooked) Pu’er. Sheng Pu’er is aged to deepen and complexify its flavor, and only gets better as it is stored. Golden Cake pu’er is made from the odd-colored leaves that are collected during the picking season. Farmers separate these leaves because they have a sweeter, more mellow flavor than normal sheng pu’er. THE TEA Each box contains: 1 50g tea cake (7-10 sessions’ worth of tea, ~2 oz)  Sister Ai’s team sets aside the yellower leaves during each harvest for “golden cake” pu’er. The flavor from these leaves is sweeter than normal, and lacks some of the more astringent tannins that make raw pu’er distinct dry-m