30g Guan Guan Cha 罐罐茶

30g Guan Guan Cha 罐罐茶

Xiang Ge

$12.00
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SKU:
R-GR115-30
Weight:
30.00 Grams
Region:
Guizhou
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Guan Guan Cha (罐罐茶, Guàn Guàn Chá, "Jar Jar Tea") - Produced from the Tái Chá cultivar of tea plants native to Shiqian, Guizhou, Guàn Guàn Chá is a folk style of tea that was traditionally cooked before being sun dried, similar to Pu‘er. The resulting máo chá 毛茶 ("Hairy tea" - loose, dried leaves) is stored in clay jars (jar is “Guàn” [罐] in Mandarin, which is where this tea gets its name). It is hung from the rafters of the kitchen and aged, sometimes for decades. Fermenting in the humid environment, it gradually turns from a green tea into a fermented Hei Cha. Guàn Guàn Chá is boiled and consumed for its medicinal properties. Our version is a fresh batch of Guàn Guàn Máo Chá, harvested in late spring when the Tái Chá leaves begin to turn purple, from Xiang Ge’s certified organic Tái Chá farm. We were unable to secure an aged batch of Guàn Guàn Chá that we could ensure the quality of, so for now we are enjoying the fresh one. This informally-processed tea is a green tea in the same capacity that Sheng Pu’er is a green tea, except that it is made from Tái Chá plants rather than large-leaf Yunnan Pu'er plants. It’s flavor is smoky, strong, and slightly bitter, not unlike a purple Sheng Pu'er. We’re excited to see how this tea changes as it ages...

5 Reviews

  • 4
    Aged and not your standard Green Cha

    Posted by Jason Bratcher on Mar 20th 2025

    What can I say about this tea that the other reviewers have not already stated? I’m not sure about the whole manure smell thing. It’s interesting everyone’s pallet and what is picked up on this tea. As I awaken the tea and give it a nice inhale, it definitely has that Sheng Pu erh aroma,with an aged oak barrel note. On the first steep the flavor is consistent with the aroma upon awakening the leaves. The backnote is a slight hint of sweet dates(like a nice aged Hei-cha). There is a syrupy feel on the mouth and tongue. As the Tea opens up on the third and fourth steeping,the petrichor really comes out and stays with you for the rest of the steepings,until, it bitters out and then you know its finished. I recommend keeping the water temp at 200 degrees F and no hotter, you do not want to scorch this tea. Overall a really nice aged green that I hope will become a staple at West China Tea. Thanks So Han!!!

  • 4
    Strange brew

    Posted by cody blankenship on Jan 8th 2025

    Wow! What a unique tea. Very grassy and earthy. This tea has a manure flavor that is attractive and very much transports me to a summer day down wind from a ranch. This may not sound enticing, but just try it and see if you don't get dragged in.

  • 5
    Can’t get enough!

    Posted by Travis Black on Nov 24th 2024

    I love Chinese Green Tea.. and I just can’t get enough of this one. Trust me.. it’s freakin’ fantastic. I had some recently sitting on my tailgate at the beach.. I closed my eyes and the chi from this tea had me hovering over the ocean in a pure state of bliss. It’s truly something special.

  • 4
    Great tea for incredible price

    Posted by John Guest on Oct 24th 2024

    Smokey and sheng-y. In my experience this tea can endure many more steeps than most greens.

  • 5
    This tea is just great

    Posted by Amazing and interesting on Nov 15th 2022

    I really like this tea. It's a lot like sheng puer, but it's also smoky, and it still has a kind of grassy taste, as well as having a green tea taste. It's a very complex tea that hits a lot of the notes that sheng puer, hei cha, and green tea hit in like the best possible way. It's grassy character is also very unique. It reminds me somewhat of the smell of well-trodden grass at a county fair I used to go to as a kid in Illinois. Imagine that but like wetter and smokier. Honestly I think one of the best teas that WCT sells.

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