Mengdingshan is one of the areas of Sichuan best known to tea enthusiasts, a universe of its own, an almost oracular function of a system apparently disconnected from the world with gardens immersed in the clouds that cover them creating an intense environmental and philosophical contrast, a metaphor for the history of this region which was the cradle of the civilization of the camellia sinensis, of its taming and of being the guardian of time.
But as true of civilization throughout history as it is of the tea plant, while sky covers the earth sustains, with the great fertility of the eastern plains that open beyond Chengdu as a source of sustenance during times of famine and wars, but it is beyond the mountains of Ya’an, on the road that leads to Kangding, on the slopes at an altitude of 3000 m whose paths lead to Garze and finally to Lhasa that the cultural heritage and identity of an entire people must be sought. It is among the peaks Jingquanfeng, Qingfeng, Lingjiaofeng Ganlufeng, Yanufeng that the Mengdingshan imperial tea was harvested before Qingmingjie and sent to the imperial court, it is here that the present is reconciled with history, where the order of things meets natural disorder, where earth and sky become organs of that Heraclitean measure that escapes being cadenced by human planning.
Eastern Leaves Huangxiaocha was harvested at the end of March 2022 on Mengding Mountain. The dried leaves express buttery, biscuity and hazelnut chocolate hints. When infused, they take on nuances of white truffles, chestnuts, then biscuit and cooked vegetables hints until they become floral with wild flowers scents before the occurrence of toasted pumpkin seeds and orchard hay memories. The sip is coherent, balanced, soft with a sugary thickness and a sweeter sensations the more you continue with the infusions. Aromas of shortbread and cane sugar, toasted seeds and hazelnut emerge in a lingering finish that leaves the palate sweet with an extremely satisfying sensory sensation
Wild Harvested 