The Sa Bang tea comes in a cigar-shaped tube, with tea leaves packed into cylindrical nuggets and tied together loosely with a pale twine. The leaves themselves range in color from light brown to black.
The Sa Bang tea comes in a cigar-shaped tube, with tea leaves packed into cylindrical nuggets and tied together loosely with a pale twine. The leaves themselves range in color from light brown to black.

Sa Bang - Mao Cha

$30.00

[sa bong]

Lao Mao Cha is harvested by Laotian hill tribe members of the Mung tradition; this rare, handpicked, wildcrafted leaf is harvested year-round from wild tea trees over 800 years old. It is oxidized in the sun, and then pressed into stalks of bamboo by the village people. After drying in the sun, the sheng tea is then tied together from shavings of bamboo to create a “cigar” shape and is often traded to nearby villages for vegetables and grain. 

The hearty flavor starts strong and smoky, but finishes light and bitter. With a smell and taste that elicits ripping open a bag of topsoil, this tea is great to remind you of your connection to the earth and the nature around you.

Sa Bang is sold in an approximately 90g 'cigar' for $30.00.

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[pu-err cha]

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[cha too-oh shoe cha]          Floor Nuggets

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[mi-nee bing cha] 

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The Xiang Wei Tuo Cha dome rests upside down against its creme tissue paper wrapper. The leaves curl toward the hollowed inside of the dome, and range in color from black to dark orange.
The Xiang Wei Tuo Cha dome rests in a black book holder. It is wrapped in white tissue paper with red designs of flowers in the background. Chinese letters circle the outside, with English translations inside reading: "Black Pu Erh Tuo Cha. Spring 2016. 100 grams."
The Xiang Wei Tuo Cha dome rests upside down against its creme tissue paper wrapper. The leaves curl toward the hollowed inside of the dome, and range in color from black to dark orange.
The Xiang Wei Tuo Cha dome rests in a black book holder. It is wrapped in white tissue paper with red designs of flowers in the background. Chinese letters circle the outside, with English translations inside reading: "Black Pu Erh Tuo Cha. Spring 2016. 100 grams."

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[shang way too-oh cha]          Ripened Pu'er

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A full Bai Ya Bing Cha disk is featured against its white tissue-paper packaging. tea leaves ranging from light brown to a robust green are packed tightly into a disk shape with a small spherical divot in the middle.
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Bai Ya Bing Cha

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[bye ya bing cha]          White Pu'er

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Bai Ya Bing Cha is sold in a 200g disk for $30.00.

 

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