Ripe Pu-erh Tea

Pressed in 2009 from Jinggu area 2008 spring harvested tea, wet-piled for 45 days in the Yi Shan Jinggu Tea Factory and then aged in Jinggu ...

Produced in 2000, this Menghai ripe spent its first years aging in Menghai and then continued in Kunming, a clean, natural progression that has she...

The third “Sanctuary” release: a small-batch blend built from two separate wet piles, one from the Yi Wu area, the other from the Bu Lang area. We ...

Clean, well-stored early-2000s Menghai ripe modeled on the classic 7572 profile: smooth wood and dark-honey sweetness with a gentle cocoa note and ...

Meet the 2025 Peerless Red Label, a purposeful blend marrying Yi Wu’s round, honeyed sweetness with Bulang’s depth and backbone. Built from select ...

Introducing the 2025 Peerless Gold Label, a small-batch blend built from rare, mature-tree leaf (picked in a natural, low-input environment), craft...

This is a premium blend that we've named "Ba Wang" 霸王, which means something like "Badass King." "Ba Wang" is a sort of neo-classical pu-erh tea ca...

"Lotus River Dream" (莲河梦)Our first ever pressing of Ma Hei Village ripe tea! This is a pure single-estate Ma Hei Village tea harvested in spring an...

This year's Journey ripe tea cake is pure single-estate Luo Shui Dong Village tea harvested in spring and autumn 2024 and then wet-piled in the Jan...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Pricky Pear Cactus! Prickly Pear Cactus is carefully processed to include only the fleshy inner part...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Aged Tangerine Peel. The Aged Tangerine Peel imparts a fruity tangy sweetness and adds a lubricating...

This is a well aged Guangdong storage ripe pu-erh tea pressed into a 100 gram tuo in 2011 by the Lao Man'e Brand.  This is composed of a blend of g...

This is our 2025 Cozy release! Our organic tea grower blessed us by offering us some 2020 wet piled organic cha tou, which we blended with 2023 wet...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from Meng Song area (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2024 and wet piled in la...

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested from mature trees in Spring 2024 and then wet piled in Autumn 2024.  This is the most po...

Entirely Zhang Jia San Dui Village ripe pu-erh tea! Zhang Jia San Dui is a Bu Lang Mountain area village that is well known for cultivating tea tha...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Jasmine Flower. Jasmine Flowers 茉莉花 impart a honey sweetness to the earthy sweetness of the ripe pu-...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Gardenia Flower. Gardenia Flower is also called "Cape Jasmine" or 栀子花 in Chinese. The Gardenia flowe...

Classic Xiaguan mini tuo cha made from ripe pu-erh tea.  Pressed in 2024 from 2023 harvested tea (possibly even older).   Each tuo is 3 grams makin...

This Cha Gao is a blend of Ripe Pu-erh Tea and Anhui Yellow (Sweet) Chrysanthemum flowers. The sweet viscous character of the ripe pu-erh blends wi...

Ripe Pu-erh Tea with Yunnan rose buds together in an instant tea resin.  The sweet viscous character of the ripe pu-erh blends with the floral swee...

Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typica...

This ripe tea cake is a blend of several unique batches of Bu Lang Mountain area teas! Thick, bitter, and sweet, with chocolatey bite and a potent ...

Expertly fermented 2024 material from the Jingmai area of Lancang county (Simao) was wet-piled and then pressed into this lovely 357 gram cake. Thi...

Yi Bang Village is an area in the northern part of Yi Wu. Yi Bang tea is special in that it is not a large leaf varietal but rather a primitive sma...

Purely Xin Ban Zhang village plantation tea harvested in Spring 2024 and wet-piled during 2024.  Potent, thick, bittersweet chocolatey goodness! St...

This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from Pa Liang village wild tea! Wild tea trees and bushes ranging in age from 30-80 y...

Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typica...

Ripe Pu-erh Tea Resin with Sticky Rice Herb! Sticky Rice Scent Herb aka Nuo Mi Xiang (糯米香 Semnostachya menglaensis H. P. Tsui) is the Chinese name ...

A Kunming aged ripe from a classic Menghai area tea factory! It's composed primarily of "Golden Bud" grade ripe tea leaves. Pressed in 2010 from Me...

Taiwan stored from 2007 to 2025! Very nicely aged V93! This is a classic Ripe tea blend, called "V93", it was first released in 2005 and quickly be...

The classic 7581 Ripe Pu-erh recipe from Kunming Tea Factory (aka CNNP). This is a 2003 production and is comprised entirely of fermented Menghai a...

A classic recipe from Menghai. This is an average blend of 7th grade material that was fermented last year, so the cake does not have that just fer...

Our third release in the Impression ripe series is a lovely blend of several ripe pu-erh teas from Mengku and Menghai regions of Yunnan!   Potent, ...

We are very excited to offer our very first ripe pu-erh tea from Ge Deng! This tea was wet-piled from 100% wild arbor tea from first flush of Sprin...

These smaller cha tou are from a 2010 wet pile batch of Jinggu harvested tea! Aged in Jinggu town from 2010 until 2024, these are well aged with li...

A lovely naturally grown tea from Man Gang village in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. Harvested in 2023 from Spring and Autumn teas and then wet pil...

This is a 2014 production made from Wu Liang Mountain area tea leaves wet-piled in a Jinghong (Xishuangbanna) tea factory and then aged in Jinghong...

Entirely Wu Liang Mountain area tea from certified organic tea gardens! These ultra mini cakes are individually wrapped and are pressed into a conv...

The "Xiao Fa" or "Little French" tuo is a classic Xiaguan Ripe Pu-erh tuo tea.  It has been produced since the 1970's. It was the first Pu-erh tea ...

2024 was a great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 5. Experience the...

2024 has been another great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 3. Exp...

2024 has been another great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 2. Exp...

2024 has been another great year for YS teas, particularly the ripe productions! Join us as we highlight some of the these great teas - Part 1. Exp...

We present to you our 2024 Peerless! A blend of rare and unique teas of the highest quality tea leaves. All the tea leaves were picked from mature ...

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested from mature trees in Spring 2023 and then wet piled in Autumn 2023.  This is the most po...

Entirely Zhang Jia San Dui Village ripe pu-erh tea! Zhang Jia San Dui is a Bu Lang Mountain area village that is well known for cultivating tea tha...

This ripe tea cake is a blend of several unique batches of Bu Lang Mountain area teas! Thick, bitter, and sweet, with chocolatey bite and a potent ...