this half-pint pitcher is used in small format tea steeping (sometimes called gongfu or gongfucha—"tea with effort")
MA WEI NEEDLES is a baihao yinzhen—"silver needle"—white tea from Simao (Pu'er) county
vintage — autumn '21 (roasted winter '21)
7 oz (50 ml) | 170ºF (77ºC) | knead to paste
nomenclature — long kou (龙口)—"dragon's mouth" | maofeng (毛峰)—"fur peak"
2023 DIGESTIF | shou pu'er Format:7g COIN this half-pint pitcher is usedThe newest iteration of DIGESTIF is a shou (ripe) puer tea from Gedeng shan (shan = mountain), Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, China, pressed in spring 2023 from material harvested and fermented in Autumn 2022. Produced with material normally destined for sheng puer (i. e. quality, whole leaf material rich with buds), this shou was first processed to sheng: hand plucked at a 1: 3 (1 bud : 3 leaves) standard, sun withered, stir fried in large woks to