Pu Er Cake 2007

De Beaute Academique is een oolong thee afkomstig uit Taiwan. De berghellingen waar deze thee op groeit zijn zo steil dat de thee alleen met hand geoogst kan worden. De thee is vol en warm van smaak met tonen van honing, karamel, geroosterde granen en bruine suiker.

Drinkadvies: fijn op ieder moment van de dag, maar vooral na een flinke inspanning. Rijk van smaak en zeer geschikt als basis voor ijsthee. 

Zetadvies:

	4-5 gram
	0,5 liter zacht water
	90-95º C
	2-3 minuten laten trekken

Het blad kan meerdere malen worden opgeschonken.

A soft and tasty tea with a delicate woody accent, absolutely worth a try. This tea hardly looks like the standard smoked tea. It tastes great with spicy and salty dishes and it is a great tea for drinking right after a meal.

The Lapsang Souchong is a black smoked tea from China. It is grown in the province of Fujian according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng. The original name (Zhengshan Xiaozhong) means something like Zheng Mountains, small tea variety.

A black tea is completely fermented. The tea grows at high altitude and is picked by hand. It is manufactured with the machine. The picked tea is dried above a fire of coniferous wood for fading, until the first moisture is extracted. After this process the leaves are rolled and put in barrels, which are covered with rags for the fermentation process. Then the leaves are cooked and rolled again. Finally, the tea will smoke in bamboo baskets above glowing embers of dried spruce wood. This will take a few hours and will be monitored carefully.

A fresh sweet tea with a taste of walnuts and wood. In the fragrance you can also smell a hint of walnuts, straw and antique wood. This relatively young Pu Er has a kind of ripeness, which is so characteristic of vintage tea.

The Pu Er 1997 is a black vintage tea from China. It is grown on a plantation in the province of Yunnan. Here it is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn.

A vintage tea is a black tea that is fully fermented and has to ripe for a long time. The leaves of this tea were picked in 1997. After picking, the leaves are dried in the air to extract most moisture. This is called withering. If the leaves are flexible enough to be processed, they are rolled by hand to start the oxidation process. The leaves have to ferment for a few hours and then are baked in convection ovens. In the end, the tea is stored in jars for a number of years to continue to mature.

Ontdek de wereld van thee

In deze cadeaubox van De Eenhoorn zitten drie verschillende soorten losse thee. Elk zakje bevat 10 gram losse thee. Een prachtig cadeau om een theeliefhebber mee te verrassen of de ideale manier om kennis te maken met onze verschillende theesoorten. Om de twee maand lanceren wij een cadeaubox met nieuwe theesoorten en zijn er twee verschillende varianten te bestellen.

Cadeaubox - I

• Xiu Qiu - Jasmijn
  zoet, zijdezacht en bloemig met fijne fruitige tonen met verrassend frisse nasmaak
• Qi Hong Gong Fu - Zwart
  wijnachtig karakter met de geur van rauwe cacaobonen en fruitige tonen
• Pu Er 1992B - Pu Er
  dichte, rijke structuur met krachtige tonen van boomschors, veen en kamfer

Cadeaubox - II

• Teng Chong Xiao Rong - Groen
  zuiver, verleidelijk met delicate tonen van abrikozen en zoete jonge erwten
• Si Ji Chun - Oolong
  zijdezacht met tonen van kamperfoelie, honing, vanille en geroosterde granen
• Lapsang - Gerookt
  zacht, zoet en vol met een duidelijk maar elegante hint van rook

A tea with an aroma of white blossoms such as acacia, magnolia and prunes. Also, a light honey scent can be discovered. The aftertaste is subtle and delicate. This tea will make it look like spring every time.

The Cui Yu is an oolong tea from Taiwan and is also called a blue-green tea. This tea comes from an exclusive Taiwan teagarden in the Alishan Mountains. Here it is grown according to traditional methods and especially selected by Madame Tseng for De Eenhoorn.

An oolong is a half fermented tea. This tea has an oxidation of 25%. This plant has large leaves that are rolled and can be picked from late May to mid-August. After the harvest, these are spread out in the sun to wither. The leaves are regularly shaken and rolled by hand, to break the edges. At these places oxidation will start. As soon as the edges of the leaves turn red, they are cooked for 15 minutes in a pan. This will stop the process of fermenting.