Nanmei gushu dark puer 2021

During our expedition in 2018, we were exploring Mengku 勐库 county in Lincang prefecture, which is one of the major puer tea producing area in Yunnan province. Nanmei village 南美村 is situated in the vicinity of Lingcang city and 20km away from famous Bingdao puer tea mountain. The connection to this place was paved by many obstructions, so we had to hire local transport to get there. Nanmei village seems to be a touristic destination which is obvious from the developed  luxurious bungalow style accommodation and culture centre. Our aim was to find some good old tea trees and producer of puer teas. And we have found one. Mrs Li Fudong do not speak much, but his tea is speaking for him. The profound art of his calm panfriying of tea leaves gives the tea calm profoundness.  As it would be the essence of his life. The tea is nicely round and has the bark&roots notes. Its liquer has translucent dark color and it is quite unique among shu puers.