Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Ripe Pu-erh Tea is a sub-type of Pu-erh tea that has undergone a "wet piling" process. Wet Piling aka "wo dui" was originally applied to Pu-erh in the 1970's as a way to fast age raw pu-erh (sheng cha), making it more palatable and smooth like a fully aged raw pu-erh.
The process is accomplished by piling sheng pu-erh mao cha (uncompressed sheng puer) about a meter high in a covered clean space where it is kept wet and allowed to ferment for 45 days. The pile is often covered with large cloths to retard evaporation of the water and the pile is turned every few days so that the inner contents are not overly fermented, allowing a consistent level of fermentation for the entire batch.
The wet piling process has many other factors that impact the quality of the end product. The water used to keep the pile wet is very important. It is said that Menghai Tea Factory Brand Ripe Pu-erh teas have such a sweet taste due to the sweetness of the well water on their property. The ambient temperature and humidity level in the immediate area where the wet piling is done can also impact the process. The size and turning of the pile must be well regulated and the frequency of the turning is largely determined by the "wet piling master" who oversees the whole process.
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2010 Bulang Mountain Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Tuo
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2004 Menghai Bamboo Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $8.00 - Original price $52.75Original price$8.00 - $52.75$8.00 - $52.75Current price $8.00| /In stockAnother dry-aged ripe beauty from Menghai! A humble looking bamboo leaf wrapped brick with no nei fei belies its complex inner character. Some mild...
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2009 Plum Blossom Mini Cake Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $16.50 - Original price $74.25Original price$16.50 - $74.25$16.50 - $74.25Current price $16.50| /In stockThis is a special pressing of Menghai area ripe pu-erh tea that was wet-piled in Menghai and then aged in Kunming until now! This is a classic sha...
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2005 Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Tuo Cha
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2008 Xiang Ming "Elephant and Lotus" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $7.50 - Original price $58.00Original price$7.50 - $58.00$7.50 - $58.00Current price $7.50| /In stockA lovely pressing from a small Menghai tea factory. Xiang Ming Tea Factory was founded in 2001 and produces both ripe and raw pu-erh teas from lea...
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2016 "Golden Needle White Lotus" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Menghai
Original price $6.75 - Original price $50.75Original price$6.75 - $50.75$6.75 - $50.75Current price $6.75| /In stockThis is a small Menghai area tea factory production composed almost entirely of tippy ripe leaves! The blend is their take on the classic Da Yi "Go...
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Bu Lang Mountain "Lao Cha Tou" Ripe Pu-erh Tea in Clay Jar
Original price $29.25 - Original price $29.25Original price$29.25$29.25 - $29.25Current price $29.25| /In stockThis Lao Cha Tou (lit. old tea nuggets) ripe pu-erh tea is wet piled from premium spring 2018 harvested Bu Lang area tea leaves. This brews up an ...
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2014 White Wrapper "Generic 7572" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $27.75 - Original price $27.75Original price$27.75$27.75 - $27.75Current price $27.75| /In stockThis is a lovely lightly aged ripe tea made from Menghai harvested and wet-piled tea leaves. It's a blend of various leaf grades that simulates th...
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2014 White Wrapper "Menghai Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $29.25 - Original price $29.25Original price$29.25$29.25 - $29.25Current price $29.25| /In stockThis is a lovely lightly aged ripe tea made from Menghai harvested and wet-piled tea leaves. It's a blend of Gong Ting and other smaller leaf grad...
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2004 "Chen Xiang Zhuan" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $8.75 - Original price $58.00Original price$8.75 - $58.00$8.75 - $58.00Current price $8.75| /In stockThis is a Menghai area ripe pu-erh tea produced by a small tea factory in 2004. It was aged in Kunming from 2005 until now. It comes wrapped in a w...
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14 Years Aged Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Tuo Cha
Original price $8.00 - Original price $104.50Original price$8.00 - $104.50$8.00 - $104.50Current price $8.00| /Out of stockThese lovely mini tuo have been dry aged in Kunming since 2005. They were produced by a Menghai area tea factory and are composed of broken leaf r...
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1999 "Taiwan Export" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $16.50 - Original price $135.50Original price$16.50 - $135.50$16.50 - $135.50Current price $16.50| /In stockThis is a general production from Menghai area that was intended for export to Taiwan but the balance was never paid and the tea sat in a Kunming w...
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2000 "7562 Recipe" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $19.75 - Original price $167.00Original price$19.75 - $167.00$19.75 - $167.00Current price $19.75| /This is a small production made of blended ripe pu-erh tea from Menghai area. It's modeled after the famous Da Yi 7562 recipe, and does look much ...
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2010 Nan Mu Chun "Spring Chorus" Wild Arbor Bu Lang Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $6.75 - Original price $58.00Original price$6.75 - $58.00$6.75 - $58.00Current price $6.75| /Entirely spring material from Bu Lang area old plantation and wild arbor tea plants. Expertly fermented in a Menghai area tea factory. Just 4000 k...
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2002 Gu Fo Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick of Menghai
Original price $12.25 - Original price $94.25Original price$12.25 - $94.25$12.25 - $94.25Current price $12.25| /In stockThis tea brick has been aged for 15 years in Guangdong dry storage. The tea is ripened tea leaves from Menghai area tea leaves. The leaves are c...
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2013 Huang Ying Tea House "Red Seal" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $5.00 - Original price $5.00Original price$5.00$5.00 - $5.00Current price $5.00| /Out of stockThis is a small production tea that is made entirely from Menghai area material. Huang Ying has been an connoisseur of fine teas for well over a d...
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2013 Huang Ying Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Brick
Original price $15.75 - Original price $144.00Original price$15.75 - $144.00$15.75 - $144.00Current price $15.75| /In stockThe tea is entirely Menghai area material fermented at Xinghai tea factory and then aged 2 years before pressing. Medium level fermentation and h...
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2012 Ye Zhuang Shuang Li "Yu Gong Jin Zhuan" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $24.75 - Original price $45.75Original price$24.75 - $45.75$24.75 - $45.75Current price $24.75| /In stockThis bamboo leaf wrapped tea is a meticulously fermented ripe tea from a prominent Menghai area tea factory (Ye Zhuang Shuang Li). Composed of a ...
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2011 Ye Zhuang Shuang Li "Menghai Fang Cha" Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $23.00 - Original price $109.00Original price$23.00 - $109.00$23.00 - $109.00Current price $23.00| /In stockA special production by Ye Zhuang Shuang Li tea factory of Menghai. Spring 2011 fermented material has been pressed into these lovely 200 gram squ...
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