2013 Yin Kong Que

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Kong Que in English is Peacock.  Yin Kong Que is a raw Puerh made from solar dired big leaf tea trees from Yin Kong Que mountain region which is one of famous tea mountain.

The minorities who live in that region adore peacock for her elegant and beauty, that’s why they name the mountain as Kong Que Shan  where is known as “the Home of Peacock” in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan.

The average age of tea tree: 100-300 years, situated on +/- 1600mt. Area.

The tea cake was compressed in 2013 and has been stored in air-flow dried warehouse.

The color of this tea cake has interesting colors like peacock opens her tail screen.  The tea has very interesting mellow smoke with the mixture of green and woody notes; it taste sweet, the mild astringent flavor and taste demonstrate its strength on your lips and teeth.

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By Mei Lan Hsiao

Even though her family has nothing to do with tea, but she learnt the importance of consuming tea correctly in daily healthy diet based on the Chinese traditional medicine principles in Yin-Yang and 5 elements from her family when she was very young. She entered the tea learning in Taiwan since 1985, left her root because of marriage in 1991 helped her to expand her learning from original inward-out views to 360 degree. She started to promote the authentic knowledge about tea and wisdom in Chinese tea culture in Belgium since 1995. Tea has always been and will continue be her best teacher. In front of Nature and Tea, she remains as an innocent child, a life-time learning student.

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