Aromas of cooked apricots

The small bricks are pressed in chocolate-bar-like squares for easy dosing and beautifully presented

compressed post-fermented tea designates its own zhuan cha (‘brick tea’) category

See Slices of Sheng for a light and fruity sheng pu'er with the same style of pressing

the leaves are dried similarly to other types of tea

qi lan zheng shan xiao zhong 2023 oolong_yancha Aromas of cooked apricotsA noteworthy addition to the Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong heritage, this new adaptation has been made with the Qi Lan (meaning rare orchid) cultivar, usually reserved for yan cha production. Despite its pedigree, the brew is less floral than expected. Instead, the small leaves that make up this black tea are brimming with the aromas of a Chinese apothecary and its mysterious herbal cabinets filled with dried ginseng, jujube berries, and licorice root,