In a similar vein to last years ‘Macroscope’; this tea is a distillation of the 2024 spring season in Yunnan. Pure old-tree material from across our favourite pockets of forest, blended into a weaponised disc of raw pu-erh. Yet another year with zero rain means old-trees had to dig for moisture with their deep taproots, resulting in an intensified flavour, fragrance, and deep texture in the leaves.

Upon brewing this tea offers a luxurious viscosity akin to glistening oil, with a very elegant bittersweet initial kick that relaxes into smooth, lingering fragrance that will stick in your mouth and throat for hours afterwards. Very dynamic from steep to steep — if you don’t find yourself pleasantly drifting off after the first few. An engaging tea and our favourite kind to make; an exercise in purely selfish drinking pleasure. Open that third eye and drink this over the years to come as it ages gracefully.

Wrapper artwork by Jon Marshall.

2024 tea material produced in Yunnan, China.

200g per compressed cake, with 5 cakes per traditionally wrapped bamboo tong. 25g samples are cut or broken from the cakes and sealed into bags.