| 2017 Lincang Gongting |
Xi'an dry storage since 2017, right off the press |
Gongting grade — one-bud-one-leaf, early spring |
Standard wet-pile |
30g cake sample |
Bright amber liquor, caramel, ancient wood — the most refined, tender-sweet entry point |
| Misty Gold Bud — Menghai First-Spring |
2022 harvest, Xi'an dry storage since pressing |
100% golden first-spring buds, high-mountain Menghai (~1,400m) |
Standard wet-pile |
30g cake sample |
Honeycomb, cacao, roasted chestnut — the softest, most velvety cup in the box |
| Mengku Rongshi Mu Ye Chun — 2014, 3yr Pre-aged Brick |
Fermented 2011, pressed 2014, Xi'an dry storage since 2014 |
Rongshi house material, off-ground fermentation (离地发酵) |
Light-to-medium (轻发酵) — "Zero Pile Odor" |
100g chocolate-bar brick |
The benchmark of the box: caramel sweetness, rapid huigan (回甘), silky thick body |
| Dry-Stored Lao Cha Tou — 2016 |
Xi'an dry storage since 2016 |
Naturally-formed tea nuggets — under 1–2% of any fermentation batch |
Byproduct of wo dui, dense pile-core material |
30g loose nuggets |
Chen Xiang (aged aroma), dried longan, dates — thick, red, unusually smooth |
| 2013 Lincang Ancient Tree Brick |
Xi'an dry storage since 2013 |
Ancient-tree material, Lincang, 100+ year-old trees |
Standard wet-pile |
30g compressed brick |
Signature walnut oil aroma — clean, warm, oil-smooth body |
| Ancient Grove 2018 — Lincang Old Tree |
Harvested 2015, pressed 2018, Xi'an dry storage since 2018 |
Old-tree material, multiple Lincang groves (1,600–1,800m) |
Standard wet-pile |
30g cake sample |
Antique rosewood, dark cocoa, dried jujube — a cooling, camphor-edged finish |