{"title":"map-mangjing","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"spring-2019-mangjing","title":"Spring 2019 Mangjing","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAi Leng Ancient Garden, Mangjing Village, Jingmai Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePicked on March 28th\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-processed in Mangjing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable in 357g pu-erh tea cakes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- split --\u003eIn the heat of the Spring season, we visited our friend Ai Gong. He lives in Mangjing, a mountain adjacent to Jingmai, 10km away from our village. The altitude is 200m lower than our mountain, it peaks at 1400m. It is populated by the Bulang minority, unlike Jingmai, which is Dai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAi Gong has set up a nice tea factory in his home, he started in 2010, just like us, we've known each other for that long. On this sunny day of late March, we were sipping tea as his family was picking the tea in the gardens. His best plot is located on Ai Leng mountain, a steep peak with a distinct shape. The leaves in Mangjing are smaller than the ones that grow in Jingmai, the varietal is probably slightly different, despite the close distance between our respective mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the pickers returned home, we collected their leaves and heated up the wok. We processed the leaves with the technique used in our Jingmai factory: hot start and warm finish, enough steaming to ensure a 20-minute-session and enough moisture left in the leave not to overcook them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe came back the next day to collect the leaves, 18kg of the best 'gushu' material you can get in Mangjing. The tea shares a common character with our jingmai gulan, but it has a different fragrance, more minerality (probably due to the higher amount of old trees in the gardens) and a somewhat more aggressive profile. Jingmai and Mangjing are like two brothers with different personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will get your money's worth with this tea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farmerleaf","offers":[{"title":"357g cake (12.6oz)","offer_id":29471312117825,"sku":"19年 春 芒景 357克","price":128.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"20g sample (0.7oz)","offer_id":29471312150593,"sku":"19年 春 芒景 20克","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1318\/5761\/products\/20190730145026.jpg?v=1564491834"},{"product_id":"spring-2011-mangjing","title":"Spring 2011 Mangjing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMangjing Village, Jingmai Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAncient garden material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFairly wet storage in the mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood endurance, enticing fragrance, clean feel and plenty of depth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI visited my friend Ai Gong in Mangjing village. We've known each other for over ten years, he set up his tea factory in his parent's house in Mangjing at the same time as we did in Jingmai. We've shared our tea and business experiences over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast time I visited him, we talked about our early days of tea making, and that's when he left the tabel and went to his storage room. He brought some of his earliest cakes, made in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey were stored quite wet, especially at the early stage, because the traditional houses were not well insulated. Since he has built his new house, he has a storage room with dryer and more consistent conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can taste the story of this tea in the cup. It opens with a semi-wet bouquet of complex fragrances. The tea feels very clean and goes down the throat easily. You get the hints of wet-storage by the fragrance and also by a slight characteristic bitterness that shows up in wet-stored teas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was his second year of tea making, and yet, the processing is very decent, quite on the green side, just as we like them. A couple of cups will bring out the quality of the material used. It is hard to find aged cakes with good leaves nowadays, and you can clearly feel they got good Mangjing material at the time, probably from the ancient gardens of Aileng mountain, just above the village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tea will give you a long tasting session with a medium Huigan, good aged mouthfeel and nice Qi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jing Yu Tian Xiang","offers":[{"title":"357g cake","offer_id":44744981577915,"sku":"11年 春 芒景 357克","price":176.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"20g sample","offer_id":44744981610683,"sku":"11年 春 芒景 20克","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1318\/5761\/files\/DSCF4179.jpg?v=1693122311"},{"product_id":"2017-mangjing-ripe","title":"2017 Mangjing Ripe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAncient garden material from Mangjing village, Jingmai Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvested from 2010 to 2016\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThick soup and good depth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy friend Aigong, who lives in Mangjing, has been making tea since 2010. Living in the nearby village, we like to meet a couple of times a year to share a cup of tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring my last visit, I told him I was looking for good ripe and had been quite disappointed in my latest visit to Menghai. That's when he grabbed a cake on a shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince he has opened his factory, he has mainly focused on making small batches of handmade gushu tea. He has access to good gardens on the top of Aileng mountain, just above his village.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has saved a couple of boxes each year, and by 2017, he had amassed 350kg of ancient garden material. He blended them together and took the batch to Menghai to be fermented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fermentation is on the lower side, which allows the material quality to shine through. It's rare to find a ripe pu-erh with such an active mouthfeel, and even some Huigan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tea was pressed in 2019. \u003cstrong\u003eIt was stored in a wet environment, there can be a white shade and tiny spots of white mold on the surface of the cakes, the taste is fine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jing Yu Tian Xiang","offers":[{"title":"357g cake","offer_id":44744988000443,"sku":"17年 芒景熟茶 357克","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"20g sample","offer_id":44744988033211,"sku":"17年 芒景熟茶 20克","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1318\/5761\/files\/DSCF4149.jpg?v=1693021936"},{"product_id":"autumn-2025-yan-leng-yun","title":"Autumn 2025 Yan Leng Yun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAileng Mountain, Mangjing village, Jingmai Mountain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAncient garden material harvested between October 6th and 10th.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHandprocessed by Ai Gong, sha qing on the green side\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis tea was made by our old friend Ai Gong who live in Mangjing. Ten years ago, we were learning how to make tea together. Mangjing is the second largest village on Jingmai mountain. They are Bulang, not Dai. Their gardens are smaller than the Da Ping Zhang plateau, but they have delicious tea on Ai Leng Mountain. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1318\/5761\/files\/Weixin_Image_20251107153635_7_10.jpg?v=1762526370\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tea that grows there has smaller and greener leaves than usual for the area. If you ever visit Jingmai, this is one of the places you should visit. The hill is not very large but has a distinguable shape, you can see it well from the temple. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompared to our tea from Da Ping Zhang, this one has a stronger bitterness and astringency, a bit closer in taste to Menghai tea, but with a unique aroma. 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