Sebastian recently returned from Laos where he found this unique tea. It is a specialty to the region - a village near Phongsali, Northern Laos, and has been produced for decades in a very simple, artisanal way. The leaves are picked from ancient tea trees and withered shortly. They are then rolled by hand in a wide bamboo tray after pan firing in a wok to "kill the green". Finally the leaves are steamed in a small basket over a pot of water on the fire and pressed into bamboo forms.The bamboo cylinder is removed once the tea is dried and wrapped with bamboo strings. Like a green pu-erh this tea will change over time.Each stalk weighs about 0.16 lb. Sebastian's Choice.
