Rice Scent Aged Puerh | 糯香茶化石 Tasting notes: Earthy, congee, pandan Origin: Menghai, Yunnan, China Cultivar: 大葉種 (Puerh Assamica) Elevation: 1400m Oxidation: ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿Aged tea fossils are steamed with a 'sweet rice leaf’ plant to produce this comforting tea that warms the body and aids digestion. Why we love it: Rice Scent Aged Puerh is a comforting, warming tea that makes you feel at home, wherever you are. It's not as strong as most ripe Puerh, so it's a good introductory tea for those who are not used to Puerh's earthy flavour. There's no rice in this tea. The congee aroma is made by steaming the tea fossils (老茶頭) with the leaves of a ‘Sweet Rice Leaf’ plant (糯米葉) that grows natively in Xishuangbanna. It's made from 100-year old tea trees in the Menghai region of Yunnan. The tea fossils are a by-product of the fermentation process called wet-piling, (渥堆), where the leaves are piled in a humid room for microbes to do their work. With repeated stirring, some leaves clump together in hard "fossils", which are then cut into pellet shapes and polished. As a fermented tea, it pairs well with heavy foods and is warming and soothing to the stomach. What is Puerh tea?
