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The four Chinese characters（古树单株） on the wrapper mean "Gu Shu Dan Zhu" literally translated to"Ancient Tree Single Bush". Dan Zhu tea is different from regular raw pu-erh tea. It is exclusively made of a single selected tea bush. The yield from one big tree was between 4-12KGs. No doubt, Dan Zhu pu-erh tea gives very distinctive taste and character.

In early spring of 2019, we spent much time venturing from mountains to mountains of South West Yunnan (near Myanmar) to look for tea bushes that was grown without fertilizer and pesticide. These areas consist of many villages at an altitude as high as 1900-2200m. In particular, we looked for Puerh trees left in the wild for a long time. In Chinese, it is called Ye Fang Dan Zhu Pu-erh （野放单株茶）. Ye Fang means, “left in wild”. These Dan Zhu pu-erh teas give extraordinary long-lasting aftertaste. The finishing of the flavor is extremely long and the taste is very deep. Finally, our ideal was fulfilled by a small place named Xiang Zhu Lin(literally mean "Fragrant Bamboo Forest")located at the southwest of a big mountain, opposite to and about 10 kilometers away from the famous village Bing Dao, in Gengma, Lincang, where there are about 20000 ancient Puerh trees, among which dozens were estimated to be more than 500 years old and 20+ more than 800 years old. During the early April, upon our request, local Luhu Minority people exclusively harvested fresh leaves from 3 more than 500-years-old robust trees and achieve about 30KG maocha which was made into 300 pieces 100grams such small raw cakes.

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.