2013 Cha Yu Lin "Bai Liang Cha" Hunan Tea

Cha Yu Lin Production! Entirely wild arbor tea harvested in Spring 2013 from Anhua County tea gardens. Aging for 10+ years in Anhua has taken the edge off this tea giving it a nice lightly aged taste that is mellow and sweet. Due to the tight compression you can really push this with long steeps and you'll be surprised by its complexity and sweetness! Bai Liang Cha (百两茶) is a smaller cousin of the largest Qian Liang Cha (千两茶). Shi Liang Cha is 365 grams (0.365kg) Bai Liang Cha is 3650 grams (3.65kg) Qian Liang Cha is 36,500 gram (36.5kg) Bai Liang Cha process is similar to Qian Liang Cha, but on a smaller scale. Qian Liang tea is compressed in a long column (typically 36.5kg) 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"