The living breath of the mountain, a profound, earthy wisdom that deepens with every passing year.
Xi Gui Raw Puer
2024
€56,00
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€56,00
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Xi Gui Raw Puer
€56,00
Sale price
€56,00
Regular price
Unit price
€1.120,00/kg
The Wild, Untamed Heart of Lincang.
Xi Gui is legendary among raw Pu-erh drinkers for a reason that no description can fully convey until you experience it: the Cha Qi (the tea energy) is immediate, direct, and unmistakable. This is a tea that arrives with intention.
From old arbor trees growing in Xi Gui Village in the Lincang region of Yunnan, the raw (sheng) Pu-erh is minimally processed (withered, pan-fired, and sun-dried), preserving everything the leaf has to say before age begins its long conversation.
The Tasting Experience
Moving away from the warmer, woodier profiles of other Yunnan teas, Xi Gui occupies a landscape of wet rock, wild grass, and soft chamomile. The profile is deeply structural: there is backbone here, a mineral frame that holds the whole experience together. The astringency is present and purposeful: it builds, peaks, then releases into one of the most profoundly cooling, intensely sweet aftertastes in the Pu-erh world. The hui gan, the returning sweetness, arrives slowly and stays for a long time.
Push this tea hard. Use the full portion. Multiple short steeps. Let it show you what it can do.
Spiritual Character Cool and slightly stimulating.
Brewing Guide Tea-to-water ratio: 8g per 200ml (use the full portion, as this tea rewards it) Water temperature: 100°C Steeps: 8–12
Weight: 8g per piece
普洱茶 Puer Tea
Pu'er is not merely a beverage; it is time captured in a leaf. Hailing from the biodiverse, mountainous forests of Yunnan in southern China, this fully fermented dark tea is deeply intertwined with the passage of the years. The ancient, biodiverse forests of Xishuangbanna and Yiwu, Yunnan.
It flows down two distinct paths of craftsmanship. Sheng Pu'er, or raw tea, breathes a golden-yellow hue into the cup, offering a sweet, vibrant floral energy that enlivens the palate and accelerates the body’s inner flow. Shu Pu'er, or ripe tea, undergoes a complex piling process to yield a deep, ruby-red broth. It whispers of aged wood and sweet jujube, offering a profound, earthy depth that traditional practitioners believe grounds the spirit and comforts digestion.
問余何意棲碧山
Why do I live in the green mountains?
笑而不答心自閒
I laugh and answer not, my soul sereneI
唐, 李白 Tang Dynasty, Li Bai
How to brew red tea:
Amount: 4g of tea leaves per 200ml vessel
Temperature: 100°C boiling water
Time (Tea Pot): Wash the leaves for 10 to 30 seconds to awaken the compressed tea. Brew the first 5 infusions for 10 seconds, adding 10 seconds progressively
Time (Thermal Bottle): Allow the leaves to steep for 1 hour for a deeply comforting, rich extraction
Vessel: Unglazed Clay Teapots or a Thermal Bottle for extended warming
The mountain buds are plucked while yet the dew remains, emerald-green, unfurling in the bowl like a forest reborn in the steam.
