Description
 
2010 Yong Ming Lao Cha Tou - Mini Raisin
 
This 2010 Yong Ming Lao Cha Tou are small lao cha tou nugget but very rich in flavor. Comparing with our 2008 Spring Brown Mountain Lao Cha Tou , it is about half the size but the flavor is more explosive. It gives a thick dark tea soup with a pleasant light earthy mineral note, brown sugar with raisin sweetness.
 
Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process, is a type of raw puerh. The "cha tou" are the leaves that ball up and get stuck together. The best cha tou are ones that have not been over-fermented and are smaller in size.