{"product_id":"jingyang-genshe-2015-vintage-fu-brick-tea-twin-columns","title":"Jingyang Genshe 2015 Vintage Fu Brick Tea | Twin Columns Box","description":"\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrafted by a National Intangible Heritage Master and dry-aged since 2015, this Jingyang Fu Brick Tea delivers the rare \"Golden Flower\" bloom in every silky, woody, medicinal sip — a living vintage for collectors and curious drinkers alike.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"mt-6 mb-4 font-bold text-foreground\/85 text-base\"\u003eWhat Makes It Unique\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCrafted by National Intangible Cultural Heritage Master Jia Genshe\u003c\/strong\u003e — one of only a handful of artisans authorized to preserve the 600-year-old Jingyang pressing tradition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDry-aged since 2015 in a certified Xi'an dry storage facility \u003c\/strong\u003e— eleven years of slow microbial maturation transform rustic Anhua leaf into silky, woody, medicinal depth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRevived tea-oil decoction process (熬制 Áo Zhì)\u003c\/strong\u003e — concentrated tea liquor is boiled and re-poured over the leaves before pressing, unleashing an intensely aromatic first infusion that most modern Fuzhuan teas cannot match.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProprietary four-material blend\u003c\/strong\u003e — fresh 2015 buds, 1–3 year aged mao cha, crushed aged Fu brick, and a touch of stem sugar — the workshop's secret recipe for layered sweetness and long huigan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollector's twin-column gift box\u003c\/strong\u003e (468g + 30g tasting sample) — a true vintage Fu Brick Tea, ready to drink today or cellar for decades of continued evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003eJingyang (泾阳 Jīng Yáng), a small county in Shaanxi, has pressed tea bricks for six centuries without ever growing a single tea bush. Ancient caravan records describe a \"three-cannot-leave\" rule (三不离 Sān Bù Lí): authentic Fu Brick Tea cannot leave Jingyang's climate, its well water, or its craftsmen. Along the Silk Road, these bricks reached Central Asia and Tibet, where nomadic communities called it \"the tea of life\" for its ability to aid digestion of heavy meat diets. This very identity — dry-land fermentation at the edge of the Loess Plateau — is what allows the rare fungus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEurotium cristatum\u003c\/em\u003e, known locally as 金花 (Jīn Huā, \"Golden Flower\"), to bloom during the flowering stage (发花 Fā Huā).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003eMaster Jia Genshe (贾根社) is one of the officially recognized inheritors of this technique under China's National Intangible Cultural Heritage (国家级非物质文化遗产 Guó Jiā Jí Fēi Wù Zhì Wén Huà Yí Chǎn) system. The title is not honorary — it requires decades of verified apprenticeship and the ability to transmit the complete craft to the next generation. Under Jia's hand, every brick is pressed, steamed, and flowered manually, with no mechanized shortcuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003eWhat sets this particular batch apart is the revival of the tea-oil decoction step (熬制 Áo Zhì), a nearly lost Shaanxi technique. After the Hunan Anhua black mao cha (黑毛茶 Hēi Máo Chá) is fermented and cut, a portion is simmered into a thick, syrupy liquor, which is then ladled back over the leaves. This concentrates the soluble compounds, giving the first few infusions a density and aromatic impact that standard Fuzhuan teas simply lack — you taste it instantly, from the very first steep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003eFinally, the workshop's four-material recipe — fresh spring buds from 2015, 1–3 year pre-aged mao cha, crushed fully-fermented brick from previous years, and a controlled fraction of sweet tea stems as fermentation fuel — is considered a house secret. It is a small-batch, precision-blending approach that most large factories have abandoned in favor of scale. The result, now resting in Xi'an dry storage since 2019, is a living vintage: clean, complex, and ready for the cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"font-bold\"\u003eWhy Trust Genshe Fu Tea:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"font-bold\"\u003eVerified Heritage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePressed by a nationally registered intangible cultural heritage inheritor — provenance you can trace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"font-bold\"\u003eTrue Vintage, Clean Storage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRaw leaf from 2012–2015, pressed in 2015, released in 2019, kept exclusively in Xi'an dry storage — no damp-warehouse funk, no artificial aging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"mt-1.5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"font-bold\"\u003eGift-Ready Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTwin-column box (468g) with a 30g loose sample — drink one, age one, or share both.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-4 break-words\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"font-bold\"\u003eThis 2015 vintage is a single-batch release and will not be reproduced.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Once the columns are gone, the Golden Flower from this year stops blooming in the marketplace. Secure your twin-column box today and taste eleven years of patient, heritage-certified fermentation in a single cup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"根社茯茶","offers":[{"title":"Twin Columns Box (468g)","offer_id":56843674648879,"sku":"D6013-1","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30g Sample","offer_id":56843674681647,"sku":"D6013-2","price":9.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0848\/4854\/1999\/files\/01-genshe-heritage-fu-brick-tea-packaging-front_1.jpg?v=1776395414","url":"https:\/\/orientaleaf.com\/products\/jingyang-genshe-2015-vintage-fu-brick-tea-twin-columns","provider":"Orientaleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}