{"product_id":"2026-weidong","title":"2026 Weidong","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDwarfed 150-200 year old trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2026 Spring first pick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSourced by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blue-hat-tea.com\/pages\/partners\/guniangzhai-42\" title=\"Blue Hat Tea | Guniangzhai 42\"\u003eGuniangzhai 42\u003c\/a\u003e, Produced by Yang Jiankang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blue-hat-tea.com\/pages\/partners\/guniangzhai-42\" title=\"Blue Hat Tea | Guniangzhai 42\"\u003eGuniangzhai 42\u003c\/a\u003e sourced this tea from an old classmate, Yang Jiankang. The leaves come from the oldest trees in Weidong, all of which are on the same plot as the king tree (i.e. the oldest tree in Weidong) in ancient tea gardens. The trees in Weidong were dwarfed many years ago but, juding from the trunk size, they are around 150-200 years old. This tea is from the first spring picking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeidong, known in Hani as ‘Meng Noy’, has been sold by a few western vendors in the recent years despite being more remote and unknown than many other Bulang villages. Weidong's history is somewhat uncertain. The current settlement was founded by Hani settlers from Laobanzhang who, as legend has it, brought the genetics of their tea trees with them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegardless, the tea is tasty. It has fast-onset sweetness and huigan alongside both the typical Bulang bite (a triangle of bitterness, minerality, and astringency) and the typical Bulang fragrance (animalistic and leathery). The fragrance is straightforward and punchy like a dashu tea (aka “big trees” aka “大树”) even though it also has the aftertaste, huigan, mouthfeel and overall strength of a gushu (aka “ancient trees” aka “古树”). Perhaps the mix of gushu and dashu features is due to the dwarfing of the trees.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Hat Tea","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56722962448709,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1014\/8364\/3205\/files\/Weidong.png?v=1779367862","url":"https:\/\/blue-hat-tea.com\/products\/2026-weidong","provider":"Blue Hat Tea","version":"1.0","type":"link"}