This is a premium 1st grade loose Liu Bao Tea produced in 2018. It has gone through years natural post-fermentation, yielding a rich Liu Bao's aged/glutinous rice aroma. It's tea brew is rich, bright and deep red in colour, smooth and mellow.
This is a classic Liu Bao Tea produced in 2020 presented in a traditional basket in a weight of 500g. This tea is a relatively lighter fermented Liu Bao, thus retaining more Cha Qi, ready to be consumed or stored to age.
Liu Bao Hei Cha's (六堡茶) birth place is the Wu-Zhou (悟州) area of the Guang-Xi (广西) Province. It is one of the most well known and classic Chinese He-Cha, produced from the medium to large size leaf tea plant species, multiple stages of processing before being compressed and stored away for post-fermentation.
The consumption of the Liu Bao normally starts 2-3 years after their production. Similar to Pu-erh teas, the more a Liu Bao is fermented under the right conditions, the richer the aroma and taste and smoother the texture. Liu Bao has a unique flavour described as the aroma of 'Areca ipot'. It became extremely popular during the Qing Dynasty in the areas of south-east and south-west China, and was taken overseas to south-east Asia countries by the early settlers as a medicinal food to settle conditions caused by different climate and environment.
Liu Bao benefits
Liu Bao is know as a nourishing tea, know for many natures such as:
gentle on the digestive system, can be consumed with or without food
preventing heat stroke and 'draining' addition 'moist' (祛湿) caused by high humidity weather conditions
increase the level of alertness and enhance vision