Introducing one of the crown jewels of our Sheng Pu'erh collection!
Release number "000001" is a limited edition of only 5 cakes per year. The "Lord" of the ancient tea trees from Lao Ban Jang, this royal tree is over 900 years old. In a single season, the harvest from this Gu Shu yields no more than 5 kg of mao cha (fresh leaves).
This quality of pu'erh cannot be found in any tea market in China, or even in Yunnan itself (let alone Western tea shops)! Each of the 5 cakes from the 2016 release is held by collectors in central China.
We brought back the penultimate cake of this series from a tea expedition to Yunnan Province!
This product has exceptional aging potential – by 2021 (five years of aging), the price could increase by 700-1500%. The leaves of the royal Lao Ban Jan tree have a powerful Cha Qi, can withstand an infinite number of infusions with water, and the original has a certain bitterness in the taste (impossible to confuse with any other region).