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20 Year Aged Iceland Pu'erh Raw – Rare Bingdao Sheng Pu-erh from Yunnan

Our 20 Year Aged Iceland Pu'erh is a fine aged raw (sheng) pu-erh from the Mengku Iceland Tea Garden in Shuangjiang County, Yunnan. Iceland tea (冰岛茶, "Bingdao") is one of Yunnan's most famous and highly sought-after teas, with a rich history recorded as far back as the Ming Dynasty (before 1485). It is grown in a small village that sits isolated 2, 000 meters above sea level along the once-bustling and truly historic Ancient Tea-Horse Road.

This exceptional tea is picked from large, wild ancient tea trees more than 100 years old and is composed of whole, unbroken, twisted large leaves. The leaves of Mengku trees are known for being dark green and soft, with an especially strong and unique fragrance. Two decades of careful aging have softened the youthful intensity of raw pu-erh into something smooth, complex and deeply rewarding.

Tasting Notes

Aroma: slightly woodsy at first, then opening into a smoky, floral richness
Flavor: incredibly smooth with notes of camphor and incense
Cha qi: strong, fresh and warming — the energy pu-erh lovers prize
Finish: smoky, clean and fresh with just a touch of astringency

Why You'll Love It

When the tea is first steeped, it greets you with a gentle woodsy aroma, then releases a smoky floral depth. This aged Iceland pu-erh truly comes alive after the first infusion, revealing new layers with every steep. It's a tea to be explored slowly and savored, session after session.

Sourced from the legendary Mengku Iceland (Bingdao) tea garden
Picked from wild ancient trees over 100 years old
Whole, unbroken leaves with an especially strong fragrance
20 years of aging for a smooth, mature raw pu-erh

How to Enjoy

For the best tea-drinking experience, we recommend using a gaiwan and enjoying multiple infusions. Each short steep reveals a different facet of this remarkable tea, from floral and smoky to deep and incense-like. If stored properly, it will keep well and continue to age beautifully for years to come.

A rare find for collectors and a memorable experience for any lover of fine raw pu-erh, 20 Year Aged Iceland Pu'erh is a genuine taste of Yunnan's tea heritage.

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Adrian Cherniak-Koeck

January 2024

I am a tea-head and Pu'Erh aficionado... this tea is fantastic. Using Gong Fu style, I first preheat the Gaiwan with boiling water before adding 8 grams/100ml of this leaf and covering for 15 seconds, letting the warm steam open the initial leaves and bring out the volatiles. Rock candy, icing sugar and malted toffee notes on the nose. I brew it at 212F/100C on the first wash, not breaking the cha-dan, and discard the wash after 9 seconds. I then cover the tea leaves to let the steam drip the volatiles from the lid onto the tea again, and brew with 195F/92C water for up to 10 infusions. The sweet sugary aftertaste lingers on and on. Driving to work it's like sucking on a candy, with the saliva holding that sweetness. For a light and sweet Pu'Erh, this is the cats meow. Drink On, Teaheads. The Tea Shall Set You Free.

Darran Riche

December 2021

I really like this tea, my first try of an aged raw pu'erh.
I get a smooth gentle taste of apricot melon and raisins with zero astringency/bitterness. I use a round teaspoon in a 150ml yixing teapot for 3mins, and get 3 tasteful steeps, a little longer for each steep which works well for my taste.

Jess P

November 2021

So good and soothing - this is my go-to hangover tea or for stressful mornings and it always makes me feel incredible. The flavour is very smooth and not on the musty side like you get with many puerhs. Will be buying many times!

Andrea Bush

June 2021

Stunned at how amazing this tea is. I drink the blackest of blacks,and mostly Shu puerh as I like my tea STRONG and dark. Full bodied . Lapsang Souchong is my favorite. But I wanted to try a well aged Sheng as I heard they are better than the shu. Ripe... cooked Puerh. When I saw how light and golden this was... I was worried . But this is smooth, NO bitterness. Buttery, soft, delicate and has a honey apricot flavor. I will be buying it again. LOVE it!

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Peng

September 2020

Great! Filled with fruit aroma, clean, smooth, astringent but the bitterness disappears in the mouth after one or two seconds.

Lee Milne

October 2017

I was suprised by this tea. I was expecting a darker, more "aged" taste, this tea is very clean tasting and still very "green". A lovely thick mouthfeel, a little astringencey in the first infusions which fades quickly. The wet leaves smell faintly smokey with a nice hay aroma coming forward. The taste is very sweet and lingers in the whole mouth for a long time. Also this tea has obviously been processed and cared for very well. The leaves are still all in tact and the ratio of buds to leaves is very high making for a nice rounded flavour.
At this price it's a real bargain for age and quality. If you store this tea correctly it will develop nice fruit flavours I believe.

I Love Tea

September 2017

This raw puerh is fragrant and fresh. It is unlike any puerh I have tried- very woods-floral and the taste is incredible- I get many infusions when I prepare it in my gaiwan.

Jianxiaoyang

August 2017

I want to know if this kind of puer tea is organic.I didn't find on the bag.

Tk Padilla

January 2024

Not as ancient as a 20 year could be. Steeps out many times. The leaves are good quality. Buy a sample, see if you agree, if you like it, buy a bulk of it, age it another 10 years and you should have a pretty good investment and a great quality tea.

Brian Queenan

April 2022

This tea tastes wonderful - a smooth and velvety mouthfeel accompanied by a floral boquet.

It does not withstand a lot of brews however. I use 5g of leaves with 100ml of water, and steep for around 15 seconds. After the first 5 or 6 brews the taste seems to diminsh markedly, and from that point on the tea needs 1 to 2 min steeps.

Stephen Sanders

February 2022

A clean tasting sheng puerh. A good longevity and very session-able whilst multitasking.

Phillip Matthews

April 2024

This '20 year aged tea' is okay but not what an aged tea should be. It's exactly like a newly made pure, average quality, very green and not at all aged. Maybe when it was made it was over cooked in the wok or machine? Maybe it was stored in air=tight containers that completely prevented ageing? Maybe it's not aged at all and got mixed up with a new puer in a warehouse somewhere. Whatever happened this is not really worthy of being called aged.

Robert Shippy

December 2022

While I can say this is a nice quality tea that brews a clear cup, the flavor is a bit too ethereal for me. I like the petrichor/equine mustiness of a well-aged puerh. I am trying to learn more about Sheng varieties, but so far in my experience the affordable ones are not nearly as robust as the cooked/Shu varieties. I enjoyed this tea, with soft camphor and woody notes. I am interested to see how it ages in a yixing storage jar.

Megan

October 2021

I love the tea, but they recently changed their packaging, at least for the 3.52 Oz. I like that it's recyclable, but there's a window and light degrades tea quality, which a tea company really should know. Hopefully, they're just doing this for pu-erh, but it's disappointing.

John C.

January 2021

Seems very weak tasting on my first infusion. I followed directions and color was still faintly amber (barely)! I’m used so far to a darker, richer Pu’erh tea. I honestly couldn’t give it 5* stars due to the lack of taste and weak body. If it does get better with repeat infusions I’ll be pleasantly surprised. Otherwise I will probably blend this with a stronger Pu’erh so it doesn’t go to waste.

William Fletcher

June 2023

Don't know if I'm doing it wrong but I tried changing the water temp,steep time, amount of tea,washing it twice all I am getting is a bitter soapy water flavour and I can't seem to get any other result same thing happend with the honybush and the moonlight white. this tea leaf business doesn't seem like it'll be a good hobby for me which is a shame since I was going to use it to help me stop smoking maybe ill keep trying but at this point these leafs make my standard tea bag seem like good quality I even got a different kettle to controll water temp still no better results

Gina

December 2019

don't buy it ..it's awful

A. Lexiconn

September 2018

I've tried to brew this 20 yr Aged 'Iceland' Pu'erh many times, many ways: weak, strong, 2nd infusion... No attempt has yielded any interesting aroma or taste whatever. It's clearly the most bland, tasteless tea of ANY type I've ever had. Markedly weaker than any of the pu'er varieties I've tried before.

I simply can't comprehend the 5 star reviews from other buyers here --- they are describing a totally different product than I received. I'll be adding what's left of it to my compost bin.

20 Year Aged Iceland Pu’erh Raw

20 Year Aged Iceland Pu'erh Raw – Rare Bingdao Sheng Pu-erh from Yunnan

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