2014 Bai Sha Xi "Qian Liang Cubes" Hunan Hei Cha Tea

Bai Sha Xi production made from 2014 Spring tea leaves. Pressed into a huge 36 kilogram column called "Qian Liang Cha" (aka 1000 catty tea) and then aged for 4 years before being cut into small cubes that are roughly 10 grams each.  The larger packaging contains eight small boxes of 40 grams each (for a total of 320 grams).  Each 40 gram box contains a small paper bag that contains 40 grams of the 2014 Qian Liang tea.  Typically each 40 gram box contains 3 cubes, but each cube can differ somewhat in size and weight. Qian Liang tea is compressed in a long column (typically 36kg) through a laborious process that involves steaming the leaves and funneling them into a three layered cylinder of woven bamboo.  Then a team of 5 to 8 people will simultaneously compress the tea using leverage and then tighten each section with thick bamboo stripling.  Once firmly compressed the Qian Liang "logs" are dried in the sun and then finally cured for months in an indoor warehouse.  In this form they c