Fangxia Flat Plate oolong It's a loose leaf liubao

It's a loose leaf liubao and contains some clumps of chatou (clumped together leaves from the fermentation process)

We met with one master named Liu Bao Shun (Man Ting Tea Factory) who would only sell his teas to his Guang Zhou agent

The storage in the early years was a little humid

fresh with good body and very pleasant flavours

gathered just as people were beginning to explore and collect tea from the deeper forests

Fangxia Flat Plate oolong It's a loose leaf liubaoWe had an antique plate in our collection that made a perfect tray for putting teacups on when brewing tea. These old flat plates are not so easy to come across in the market, but make perfect trays for teacups. We thought it might be nice to recreate this for tealovers. We made a form in the original shape and these are hand pressed into the mould to create the shape. They are then finished by hand, glazed with the same rice straw glaze that we use