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Kunlushan Mountain, a part of the extension of Wuliangshan Mountains, ministratively belonging to Kuanhong village, Lin'er township, Lin'er Hanni and Yizhu autonomous county, Pu'erh city, Yunnan province, lies 31 kilometers to the north of the urban area of Pu'erh county. At an elevation between 1410 and 2271 meters above sea level, the main body of Kunlushan Mountain extends for more than 10 kilometers from the north to the south and several kilometers from the east to the west. Kunlushan Mountain covered with thick trees has nice scenery. Mainly located at the two villages: Fengyang village and Baxiang village, the ancient tea gardens are estimated at 10122 mu (about 675 hectares) in total, among which 1939 mu (129 hectares) categorized as semi cultivated type exist in the primeval forest of Kuanhong village, Lin'er township. Kun Lu Shan Mountain boasting about its more than 10000 mu ancient tea garden and believed to be one of the royal tea gardens during the Qing Dynasty is now praised as"the museum of tea tree". The recorded NO 3 ancient tea tree growing here, about 25 meters in height and 2.53 meters in diameter is the biggest human cultivated tea tree ever found. The Kun Lu Shan Raw Pu Erh Tea Cake was made of tealeaves harvested from 100-300 years old ancient arbor tea trees in the Late-March 2014 in Ku Lu Shan Mountain.

There is a widespread misunderstanding that raw Pu Erh can only be drunk after at least 5-10 years aging. In fact, raw Pu Erh of good quality esepcially the ones made of tealeaves harvested from old or ancient arbor tea trees such as the Kunlushan raw Pu Erh cake is declious even being enjoyed in current year. Of course, amazing changes can be found every several years proper if properly stored.

We recommend using between 5 and 8g per serving for this tea. Traditionally, the first infusion rinses and "wakes up" the tea and is then discarded. For the actual brewing, it does not require long infusion time like preparing other kinds of teas. Instead, you have to brew it in the "touch and go" style. As soon as you pour the Gaiwan full, place the lid on Gaiwan and then immediately pour out the tea liquor. It is recommended to accumulate the 1st and 2nd infusion into a pitcher in order to even out the flavor and taste. For each subsequent brewing, no more than 5 second is recommended. By brewing in such "touch and go" style, you can brew up to nearly 20 times.

To break off pieces from the Pu Erh Tea cake, use a letter opener or similar shaped knife. Insert the knife or letter opener into the cake and gently loosen and lift a piece off. The aim of breaking the cake in this way is to keep as many leaves intact as possible.