“Fortunate to get 100gm of this before it’s departure from Chawangshop. As pointed out by Cwyn and Boychik, this is a delightful stoner tea. Also as pointed out by another tea friend who shall...” Read full tasting note
“This is a pretty good daily drinker with a lot of cha qi. I had my pot set at 190 F for the first two steeps, resulting in alight straw flavor. After setting it back to 200, the tea had more bite,...” Read full tasting note
“Thank you Marcus Reed for this sample. While I didn’t feel any noticeable effect from this tea it is quite good. It was sweet with little bitterness and just a little astringency. In fact there...” Read full tasting note
“This tea is my first naka but I am at least somewhat fimailar with sheng puerh. The effects from this tea were unique. Sedative and calming. I found the taste to be excellent. It was very smooth...” Read full tasting note
Naka village stands upon Mengsong Tea Mountain, Menghai area. This Lahu village has 107 households. The Naka bamboo tea made by Lahu people was so famous and listed as articles of tribute during Qing Dynasty. Naka enjoys the same reputation as Nannuoshan and Banzhang in Menghai area. The ancient tea trees growing at highland of 2000 meters above sea level have smaller leaves with unique aroma.
The producing procedure of bamboo-tube tea is quite special, which can be divided into three steps. 1) Put the tea into bamboo tube. Put the dried spring tea (the tea growing in the spring time) or preliminary-processed tea into the bamboo tube. The bamboo used should be just chopped down and has a growing period of about one year. 2) Bake the tea. Put the bamboo tube on the fire for 6 to 7 minutes until the tea leaves is softened. Press the tea leaves with a wooden stick, and then fill up the tube again with more tea leaves. Repeat this procedure until tea leaves in the tube are compacted. 3) Take out the tea. When tea leaves are completely baked, cut open the tube with a knife and take out the column-shaped bamboo-tube tea. The bamboo-tube tea has the pure taste of tea as well as the strong flavor of bamboo.
Because the bamboo tea vary in weight, we will repack it with handmade paper.
Manufacturer : Yunnan Tea Research Institute
Production date : 28/03/2007
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