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100 years Lao Cong Shui Xian

Sold as: 2020 100 years Lao Cong Shui Xian

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Small batch by Zhang Huichun, a Da Hong Pao heritage master. A useful example of a vendor qualifying its own tree-age claim.

Price
$22.00for 8 g
$275.00 per 100 g
checked 2026-11-01
One session
≈ $22.00
8 g of leaf, a usual dose for gongfu brewing of this tea
Vendor
The Essence of Tea
Worldwide
Product page
Open on the vendor's site
Entry
Lao Cong Shuixian (Tea)
Stated year
2020
In stock
No

Details stated by the vendor

Origin
Shuiliandong
Cultivar
Shuixian
Roast
medium (on the heavier side)
Tree age / type
100 years in the title; the vendor says it cannot guarantee that

The stored year has not yet been classified as harvest, manufacture or release.

What these dates mean

Harvest, manufacture and price checks are separate events. A recipe’s origin date does not establish the age of the leaves.

Leaf harvest year
Not recorded here
Manufacture year
Not recorded here
Price checked
2026-11-01

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Highest of 173.7× the median ($74.36 per 100 g)
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    Price checked: 2026-11-01.