Easy Teas Heavenly Tips | 2014

Tea: 2014 Anhua Heicha (安化黑茶）  Type: Tian Jian Anhua Heicha 天尖安化黑茶Fermentation Level: MediumHarvest: Spring 2014Press Date: Autumn 2014Press Size: 1000gRegion:  Gaoma Terroir Region, Anhua.Producer: Lexian Tea HouseTasting Notes: Smoked Chicory, Sea Salt, Sweet Marjoram, Moss, Sage  Similar to the 2018 Tianjian from Seven Bowls, this Anhua Heicha has been steamed and pressed into a bamboo bundle (literally basket 篓).  The leaves are loosely compressed and it is easy to remove whole strips.  Similar to the Seven Bowls' Tianjian, this tea also has a large number of stems which in age turn sweet. The fermentation on this tea is significantly lighter than that of the Seven Bowls Tianjian, and as a result, the flavors are drastically different.  Here the fragrances off the wet leaves is one of sweet chicory and mossy stones.  The liquor is a much cleaner pale amber, and the flavor is light with edges of minerality more clearly expressed in this more cleanly fermented tea. There is a saline