Highlights:
- 100% pure ancient tree leaves, from tall (5-10 meters) forest trees
- 100% first spring pick
- Very clean taste with good flavour depth and fullness
- Good aftertaste, aromatics and patience
- Strong and comfortable TianMenShan Qi
The typical TianMenShan forest profile, already smoothened by 4 years aging in a cake that features 100% pure leaves from tall trees in the forest, at a price at which it’s not possible to offer this leaves quality today.
With dense mouthfeel halfway between sweet and savoury with solid ancient tree feeling Qi, this is recommended to anyone, new to Puerh.uk or old customer.
Puerh.uk Gold Mark Tier 5 Series Introduction
- Pure ancient tree puerh from clean natural tea gardens
- The very best of what real tea masters make for themselves and their friends
- Exclusive pressings only obtainable with relationships (guanxi)
The best tea is not for sale, it’s available only through relationships. Tiny productions made by real puerh masters for themselves and their friends, originally in white paper or with minimal wrappers.
Tier 5 is about 0.01% of available Puerh, with pure ancient tree leaves and with all taste qualities present in overwhelming amount, tea that is basically only found in elite asian circles and via private connections.
For years now I’ve asked real lovers of Puerh to share with me their own not-for-public-sale productions. These tend to always be very very good, but so far only 3 teas, among the many I’ve had the honour to try, have made the cut for Gold Mark Tier 5 Series.
Years of relationships (and months of negotiation) went into obtaining small amounts of this tea. Because it’s not commercially available we’re able to offer it at a very friendly price for the very high quality (particularly to allow as many people as possible to try a real Tier 5 tea). The only catch: we can generally only get a few cakes, rarely few tongs.
200g cakes.
Nick M –
2022 Gold Mark TianMenShan tall ancient trees
Distinctive tea with a watermelon flavoured rinse and hints of something more profound. Immediately sweet with a refreshing uplift. Mouthcoating and great persistence. Very smooth, very comfortable, happy tea with a lovely balance to it.
Tim P (verified owner) –
A complex and exceptionally durable tea which evolves interestingly over the course of a long session, with a calming qi which leaves long resonances after the session ends.
Remo E –
I am totally blown away by this tea ! Just the level of clarity & the level of purity is astounding. A certain fidelity even I’ve never experienced in a sheng this young. Not just calm, pure & clear but for me there’s even a subtle spiritual quality to the drinking experience – struggling to find the words here but something akin to “emptyness” or “grace” or “innocence” and of course wrapped up in utter simplicity that is Tea. I’ve tried many of the tier 5 teas but this has a place of it’s own, a certain “height” (contrasting to “depth” of many teas I’d add, both positive of course).