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Starting at $ 4.25
Elders in our tea-making village will always speak very highly of the Wuyi cultivar and how it makes a fantastic aged tea. If you stay long enough and show genuine interest in their wisdom of the leaf, very often a jar of precious aged leaves will be taken off the highest shelf and a nectar would be infused from it proving without a doubt that their words were not just lore. It therefore simply made sense that we would make it one of our first types of tea to process into tea cakes. This Lot 761 was carefully devised right from the leaf onwards. First, we selected organically-produced leaves that we processed into gently rolled tea instead of ball-style so they would compress into a better cake. Then, as it is our usual practice, we have a marked preference for a spring produced tea as opposed to other seasonal offerings. Taiwanese Wuyi tea plants make fantastic darker teas and this Lot 761 is a case in point as it was made into a Hong Shui style tea, allowed to mellow before baking and compressing. It has a bold presence in the cup yet it is a complex and opulent tea that requires several infusions to reveal all of its different layers of taste, texture and aromas. You will be charmed by the beautiful, deep, reddish-brown liqueur that will captivate the nose with a whirlwind of aromas of spices, fruit compote, roasted nuts, and some more sensual fresh tobacco leaf notes.spring tea is usually fruitier and more aromatic with a smoother mouthfeel. This tea can certainly be enjoyed now, but similar to their distant Fujianese Rock Tea cousins, this Wuyi tea shows great potential if allowed to age. Available in a 125 mm cake of 100 g proposed in a vacuum-sealed resealable pouch.
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GABA Tea is one of a rare bread of teas that was initially developed, not only for its resulting drinking enjoyment, but rather for its purported health benefits. We personally think that the best thing about GABA tea is that it is wonderfully good in the cup! This tea is one of the most accessible, easy drinking teas we propose. The special, oxygen-deprived environment that increases the content of GABA while oxidising the leaves, also smoothes out the tannins leaving a crisp, slightly tart, but never bitter feeling in the mouth. The nose is all fruit, field berries to be more precise. As soon as hot water is poured on the leaves, a wonderfully inviting aroma of wild strawberries jam and ground cherries invites us to taste the cup. Generous and refreshing, GABA tea not only makes a beautiful hot beverage, it is fantastic as a refreshing iced tea! Similar to high-mountain fragrant oolongs, we select our Gaba lots from the colder seasonal productions of spring and winter. They give the most exuberant wild field berry notes and distinctive wild strawberry aroma with a smoother finish.
Recently introduced in the 1990’s, GABA tea was developed by Dr. Tsushima Tojiro of Japan’s National Tea Experiment Station. His work resulted in a procedure that increases the content of γ-Aminobutyric acid, or gamma-Aminobutyric acid, or even simpler, GABA, the acronym of the term.
GABA plays a role in regulating neuronal excitability throughout the nervous system. Because of its calming and soothing effects, GABA helps to lower blood pressure, helps to control hypoglycaemia, prevents anxiety and promotes restful sleep. To an extent, it also regulates appetite, which is helpful in maintaining an optimal body weight.
In addition, GABA is also directly responsible for the regulation of muscle tone. Many clinical studies have shown that the ingestion of GABA releases human growth hormones with remarkable effectiveness, especially after exercise. The release of growth hormones is known to increase lean body mass. Consequently, GABA tea is an invaluable nutritional supplement for body builders, power lifters, runners, martial artists, and athletes of all types
All teas have health-promoting compounds, but GABA tea has a very concentration of anti-oxidants, including catechins, flavanoids, and polyphenols. Anti-oxidants are helpful in fighting many types of disease including: cancer, Parkinson’s disease, senility, drug-induced deafness, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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