Mei Zhan 梅占 (2010)

A rare 2010 aged Mei Zhan from Da Shui Keng, deeply charcoal-roasted, plum-sweet, thick, clean, and shaped by 15 years of natural aging. Tea Profile Type: Wuyi Yancha (Rock Oolong) Location: Da Shui Keng 大水坑, Wuyishan, Fujian Province Altitude: Around 800 m Harvest Date: April 2010 Cultivar: Mei Zhan 梅占 Roasting Level: High charcoal roast (final roast in 2015) The Story of This Tea This tea has followed me for 15 years. I made it from our family’s 2010 spring harvest in Da Shui Keng and sold it the following year to a customer in Beijing. It travelled back to Wuyishan in 2015 when he asked me to roast it again, and after that it returned to Beijing for long-term storage. Early in 2025 he sent me a small amount back, allowing me to revisit a tea that has quietly accompanied my own journey in tea making. This is not just a story but something that truly happened, and the tea carries that history in its depth. Even after four charcoal roasts in 2010 and another in 2015, the tea show