{"product_id":"ethereal-gate","title":"Ethereal Gate","description":"\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eEthereal Gate is an evocative shou puerh from Lincang Prefecture in southwest Yunnan. Wet-stored in Malaysia since 2005, yielding a tea that is dark, clean, generous, and energetically open. Pressed from fine-grade Gongting material using first-grade Te Ji leaves, this tea is shaped by humid, subtropical aging that gives it an immediately “ready” character. The liquor is inky and thick, coating the mouth with a smooth, silken body. Flavors of cacao and gentle spice unfold over a clean underlying sweetness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eDespite being a shou puerh, the Qi leans closer to that of well-aged sheng—spacious, dreamy, and euphoric. There is a mouth-watering quality and long patience to the tea. This balance of density and lightness is characteristic of Lincang-grown material: less overtly earthy, more refined and luminous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"\u003eThe name Ethereal Gate speaks to the threshold quality this tea carries. It's a tea for moments of transition where endings reveal our attachments and beginnings illuminate our desires. In the language of the Five Elements, when death is faced consciously in winter, it becomes the root that allows life to rise in spring without strain. Nourishing Water allows Wood to grow flexible and clear rather than brittle or overreaching. This tea honors that passage: a companion for finishing the old cycle and stepping forward unforced, grounded, and awake.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eMK Gongting Shou Puerh Cake (145 g) – 2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eMengku Region, Lincang, Yunnan China \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Living Tea","offers":[{"title":"145g Cake","offer_id":43218866044995,"sku":"tea.etherealgatecake","price":136.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0153\/1085\/files\/1dfdbd1f-fce2-40e4-96e0-90c5bf9dc15b.jpg?v=1778050883","url":"https:\/\/www.livingtea.net\/products\/ethereal-gate","provider":"Living Tea","version":"1.0","type":"link"}