Liu Bao (Aged Tea 1998)

An absolutely delicious aged tea. Puerh is the name of a city, and this tea is not from that region, so you can't call it Puerh, but taste wise it is quite similar to a delicious shou. In China they call it Heicha, dark tea. 

This is a Heicha from Guangxi harvested in 1998. It is perhaps the most full-bodied tea I've ever had. Nutty, sweet, earthy, vegetal, it has a lot of flavor while remaining clean and even refreshing.

The energy is also full. Not just grounding, but full and big and stable like iron cauldron. Fills you up with qi without sending you to the moon. 

Label 36

Bear

Enter Hibernation

Motes of blue night trickle softly into the bear’s sleep, restoring them and allowing for synthesis, learning, and rejuvenation. With projects strewn about the floor, the bear has come to realize that the next step in their journey is an inactive one. Not a step so much as a slumber. Sleep is a whole realm to the bear, a whole season. It was within hibernation that the bear first journeyed to the sky and became Ursa Major. The bear’s tea is left unfinished. They’ve lost track of their ambitions. In rest, everything was already complete. 

Sometimes, you must allow things to take their course, turning off and entering into hibernation. If you find yourself jumping from an ending to a new beginning, skipping from autumn to spring, the bear invites you to collapse into the dormancy of winter. This is a mysterious wisdom that works best when you release all control. At times, rest can arouse fear. Other times it feels like coming home to the most welcoming abode. The bear asks you to bravely and mercifully hand over the reins to the unfathomable depths of rest.