Xilinshan Mountain (锡林山 in Chinese) is located at the foot of Big Snow Mountain (Daxueshan/大雪山) of Fengqing County, Lincang City. There are thousands of anceint tea trees in in Xilinshan with an elevation of 2500 to 3100 meters above the sea level.
Dragon Ball (龙珠) teas are made with selected old tree Pu Er tea from Yunnan and a touch of flowers. They are hand formed by using small pieces of cloth to compress the tea and fresh flowers into the ball shape, then steamed and dried.
The Pu Er tea base is smooth with sweet woody flavours. Adding just a touch of flowers makes the flavour even more interesting and complex. Each Dragon Ball is approximately 7-8 grams, which is a great single serving size. It lasts many infusions when making it Gongfu Style. It can also be steeped in a teapot serving 2-4 people.
This ancient tree raw pu-erh dragon ball was produced from tea leaves picked early Spring 2016, from trees older than 300 years, in the high mountains. This tea follows the “one bud, one or two leaves” picking standard.
As the Chinese saying goes, “the early spring tea is as precious as gold”. Early spring tea is also called “Ming qian” tea, and it has a rich fragrance and abundant inclusions, meaning that this tea retains a lingering aroma through brewing. Its dry leaves are covered with dense pekoe; enthusiasts for ancient tree tea can smell the characteristic aroma of the trees’ age on these leaves. Compared with normal large-leaf tea tree species, the tea from these trees has a more complex taste, with a slight bitterness up-front that immediately disappears and turns to a stronger, sweeter aftertaste; the age of the trees also lends a slight floral aroma to the tea. The recommended brewing method of this raw dragon ball pu-erh is to use teacups, brewing for six minutes, so that its taste is the best and sweetness is prominent.
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