Midnight Loose Shou Puer

Available from Floating Leaves when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Loose shou puer mao cha from 2009, aged in Taiwan. The picking style is 'silver needle' or Yin Zhen, meaning the leaf was picked as a nice and tender bud that gives rich, complex tea broth. With shou puer production, material quality can sometimes become and afterthought, but this tea has some seriously nice leaf. Broth is velvety soft and thick, coating the mouth and soothing the throat. Sinks down to the belly with a deep warming quality. I chose this tea for its grounding energy and mellow mo