A powerhouse of made-in-the-shade potency. Bud heavy picking and a long slow open air processing combine for a stimulating solution of profound depth. Sweet and deeply textured, like drinking liquid crystal, displays no flaws and casts lines far into the future.
Now years later, these qualities have developed into something wonderfully aromatic and entirely unpredictable. Cherry bright fruity aromatics and a long finish. One to treasure.
Kuura foresaw that:
Distilled sun and moon light.
Imagine: millions of tiny cellulose fibres, strung together by circumstance into the appearance of furry white spears. Charged on pure high-octane nuclear sky radiation, plump on nutrients sucked from old soil and worms and dead things, before catching the all-seeing eye of our Corporate hunger to be stolen (deftly) and siloed away into this distilled, weaponised format.
We present to you a thousand refractions of shade and sunlight; 'Polycrystal', a 'yueguangbai' or 'Moonlight White' tea from Yunnan. A high proportion of buds gives a pointy-ended fragrance and mouthfeel, as well as a little bit of extra stimulant potency (the youngest leaves of the tea plant contain the most caffeine). Dried in the dark over a couple of days, leading to a subtle amount of oxidisation, as seen in the characteristic black leaves, and accompanying amber coloured liquor full of sweetness and punchy fragrance.
A high-end white tea that showcases the best qualities of Yunnan's unique environment.
Please note that there is a small error on the back of the label; where the Chinese regulatory information is listed, the name was printed incorrectly as 'Dark Red' rather than 'Polycrystal'.
