2007 Yi Shan Purple Bud Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake of Jinggu

Spring 2007 harvest of 1 leaf / 1 bud and 2 leaf / 1 bud purple tea!  Aged over 7 years in Jinggu town's sub-tropical conditions has given this tea a smooth flowery and thick taste.  The oils of the tea have literally "sweated out" onto the paper wrapper (staining it).  Very nicely aged tea with strong cha qi, but still retains a unique vegetal taste/feeling that only purple tea can impart! 357 grams per cake   For more information on Purple tea read below: Yunnan pu-erh tea grows in the superior environment of low latitude, high altitude South Asian tropics and achieves many qualities of superior tea. Among pu-erh tea, purplish red bud tea is particularly valued.During the hot, humid summer and fall seasons a portion of tea tree buds are purplish red colored. The source of the color is anthocyanin, which changes color along with cell sap acidity. High levels of acidity lead to red color, while medium acidity is more purple, and high alkalinity tends toward indigo. Purplish red tea r