{"product_id":"2023-bulang-buds-first-flush-raw-sheng-puerh-cake","title":"2023 Bulang Buds First Flush Raw Puerh Cake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSourced from the first picking of 2023 on Bulang Mountain and pressed into only 95 cakes, this silver-tipped raw Puerh delivers the rare combination of Bulang's bold character and early spring's natural sweetness — clean, bright, and built to age.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBulang Mountain's first flush of 2023, pressed into 95 stone-mold cakes — this is what raw Puerh looks like when the material, the terroir, and the storage are all handled without compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mt-6 mb-4 font-bold text-foreground\/85 text-2xl dark:border-slate-5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Makes It Unique\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst-Flush Spring Buds, Grade One Raw Material — High amino acid content delivers natural sweetness and a silky texture that mass-market Puerh simply cannot replicate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBulang Mountain Terroir: Bold Roots, Refined by Spring — The mountain known for power and intensity, softened by the delicacy of early spring harvest into something rare: structured yet elegant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orientaleaf.com\/pages\/xi-an-dry-storage\"\u003eDry-Stored in Xi'an\u003c\/a\u003e — Zero \"Warehouse Smell\" Guaranteed — Northern China's dry climate preserves every dimension of the original leaf, producing a liquor that is clean, bright, and free of the musty off-notes common in humid-stored Puerh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnly 95 Cakes Pressed — When They Are Gone, They Are Gone — No reorders, no second pressing. 95 cakes is exactly what we believed in.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrue to the Surface, True to the Core — Hand-selected material used throughout, not just as a decorative outer layer. What you see is exactly what you drink.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mt-6 mb-4 font-bold text-foreground\/85 text-2xl dark:border-slate-5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Story Behind This Tea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinding the right Bulang material takes time. Bulang Mountain (布朗山, Bù Lǎng Shān) in Menghai County, Xishuangbanna, is one of Yunnan's most storied raw Puerh origins. It has a reputation for producing tea with a powerful, almost aggressive character — thick bitterness (苦 (Kǔ)) that hits immediately, a bold astringency (涩 (Sè)) that grips the sides of the tongue, and a 回甘 (Huí Gān, lingering sweetness) that comes back stronger than almost any other mountain. That is the Bulang identity: force, then reward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this material is different. We spent a long time looking before we found it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese leaves come from the first picking of 2023 — one bud, two leaves (一芽两叶 (Yī Yá Liǎng Yè)), harvested before the spring rains soften the mountain air. Early spring buds carry naturally higher levels of amino acids, which translate directly into a softer, rounder entry on the palate and a brightness that is almost impossible to achieve with larger-leaf summer or autumn material. The Bulang character is still there — you will feel it in the backbone of the tea, in the way the finish builds — but the spring material brings a refinement to it that turns something bold into something nuanced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the leaves were withered (萎凋 (Wěi Diāo)), fixed using traditional kill-green (杀青 (Shā Qīng)), and sun-dried (晒干 (Shài Gān)), the entire batch was hand-pressed into 357g cakes using a stone mold (石磨压制 (Shí Mó Yā Zhì)). There was no separation of \"display leaf\" and \"filler leaf.\" The same hand-selected buds run from the surface all the way through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe pressed 95 cakes. We did not press more because we did not have more material we trusted. After pressing, the cakes were immediately transported north to our dry warehouse in Xi'an, where Shaanxi Province's continental climate — dry winters, low average humidity — provides the ideal conditions for clean, slow aging without the risk of mold or the musty, damp warehouse smell (仓味 (Cāng Wèi)) that many southern-stored Puerh cakes carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe liquor this cake produces right now is clean, golden, and lively. With time in dry storage, it will deepen. But even today, it drinks with a clarity that tells you the material is solid and the storage has been careful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mt-6 mb-4 font-bold text-foreground\/85 text-2xl dark:border-slate-5\"\u003eReady to Start Your Shou\/Ripe Pu-erh Journey?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery cake in this batch was pressed from the same single-origin, first-flush Bulang spring material — no blending, no filler, traceable from mountain to your cup.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStored from day one in our Xi'an dry warehouse, where you can read about the storage environment and philosophy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/orientaleaf.com\/pages\/xi-an-dry-storage\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e95 cakes were pressed. Stock does not refresh. Once this batch is gone, this specific year, season, and storage lineage cannot be recreated.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnly 95 cakes of this 2023 First Flush Bulang Raw Puerh were ever pressed. If you have been looking for a clean, traceable, dry-stored Sheng Puerh with real aging potential and genuine spring bud quality — this is the one. Add your cake to the cart before the run sells out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"西安岁时","offers":[{"title":"357g Cake","offer_id":57994812358959,"sku":null,"price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30g Sample","offer_id":57994812391727,"sku":null,"price":9.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0848\/4854\/1999\/files\/01-sheng-bulang-buds-2023-raw-puerh-tea-cake-front.jpg?v=1779810729","url":"https:\/\/orientaleaf.com\/products\/2023-bulang-buds-first-flush-raw-sheng-puerh-cake","provider":"Orientaleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}