SiamTeas Clubbox No.13

Description

The CLUBBOX @ Siam Tea Shop

The SiamTeas Club Box is a flexible format for bundling several types of tea in generously portioned tasting size at preferential price. At this, the selection of teas compiled in the box can either represent a specific topic, sample the most recent new introductions at Siam Tea Shop or simply offer a random choice of personal favorites of mine.

SiamTeas Clubbox No.13 – The Wild Box

The 13th edition of the Clubbox @ Siam Tea Shop is a “Wild Box”. As such, it offers a compilation of selected teas from wild and naturally biodiverse growing environments. Of these, two are from northern Thailand, one from northern Vietnam, one from Sri Lanka and two from China. At this, the selection covers five different “colors” or processing categories of tea, ranging from 1 x green to 1 x white, 1 x blue (Oolong) and 2 x black (or red) up to a wild picked “Ye-Sheng” Pu Erh tea.

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Accordingly, the box offers 20g each of the following 6 teas from wild and naturally biodiverse growing environments:

1. Dhara Artisanal Green Tea (Northern Thailand)

Dhara Artisanal Green Tea is a climate- and forest-friendly cultivated green tea from northern Thailand. As such, it comes from native “Assamica” type tea trees thriving in their natural biodiverse (subtropical) forest environments. Due to the highly diverse natural input of the (forest) soil, “wild” teas are particularly rich in taste and active substances. This way, they reward tea drinkers with a potential for numerous delicious infusions.

2. Ancient Snow Shan Black Tea (Northern Vietnam)

Handpicked black tea from 100+ years old “Thuyet Shan” (= “Snow High Mountain”) tea trees in Ha Giang province, Vietnam. Our producer partner in Vietnam picks this tea during April and October every year with a picking standard of 1+2 from the tea trees of their biodiverse and health and environment-friendly operated plantation, located at altitudes of 1400+ meters. Until today, a large part of the processing is done manually and in form of a true “artisan process”.

3. Da Xue Shan Ye-Sheng Pu Erh Teae (China)

Da Xue Shan Ye Sheng Pu Erh Tea is an unripened Pu Erh tea from wild tea trees growing at altitudes around 1900 meters in the forests of Da Xue Shan in Lincang’s Yong-de district. the roots of a seed-grown tea tree reaches as deep as 2 meters into the ground, this way making the abundance of the soil available for the tea plant. The tea surprises with unique orchid aroma and unusually creamy texture.

4. Ancient Tree White Moonlight Tea (China)

Ancient Tree White Moonlight Tea – rare white tea specialty from Yunnan, China. The tea is picked with 1+2 picking standard during full moon periods in March/April each year. It comes from natural-grown ancient tea trees and is processed according to a centuries-old family tradition. In terms of taste, it combines the elegance of a white tea with a high share of buds with the wealth and depth of natural-grown ancient tea trees.

5. Lanna Forest Oolong (Northern Thailand)

Lanna Oolong Tea is a climate- and forest-friendly cultivated oolong tea from northern Thailand. As such, it comes from native “Assamica” type tea trees thriving in their natural biodiverse (subtropical) forest environments. Due to the highly diverse natural input in the (forest) soil, such “wild” teas are particularly rich in taste and active substances, rewarding tea drinkers with a potential for numerous delicious infusions of high complexity, variability and depth in flavor.

6. Forest Hill’s Warangala Wild Black (Sri Lanka)

Black tea from the (semi-) wild tea trees of Forest Hill Tea Garden, Sri Lanka. Through sustainable cultivation, careful hand-picking, and traditional artisanal processing, this black tea showcases the exceptional potential of Sri Lanka’s central highland terroir in a most comprehensive and unique way. At this, the flavor profile of this full-bodied tea represents an equally mild-harmonic and deep-complex composition of spicy-sweet earth, malt, and roast notes.