For pu erh enthousiasts, Xiaguan is without doubt the brand that is defined by their signature tightly compressed tuocha shape (bowl shape). In 2016, Xiaguan surprised the world by releasing a raw and ripe loose pu erh tea in fancy boxes. Since we got our hands on both of them through Puerhtea.eu, it’s time to taste and review! As we can see both the ripe (left) and raw (right) packaging are similar in style with a bamboo print in the front. Both packaged state that it contains 100g of tea and that ‘first grade’ (一级) leaves are used. The ripe pu erh box simply states ‘pu erh tea’ as its title, while the raw variant is called ‘Spring Tips’. 2016 Xiaguan Spring Tips Review When opening the bag inside the, we directly noticed that the […]

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