Ripe Pu-erh Tea

"Buddy" celebrates the spirit of companionship that dogs and humans share.  Buddy is also a young stray dog that we fostered for a couple of months...

Spring 2018 He Kai village material wet piled in summer 2018! This is an incredibly rich tea with mineral and floral notes with a long lasting swee...

Spring 2018 Bu Lang material wet piled in summer 2018! Viscous, mild woody taste, sweet dried fruit and some bitterness. A classic Menghai region f...

A classic recipe from Menghai, but the first production of 2019 (1901). This is an average blend of 5th grade material that was fermented last year...

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...

This is most likely a generic production which uses a classic "Big Yellow Mark" with large characters wrapper.  This is a private production pressi...

This 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...

This 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...

This is a ripe tea production from Zu Xiang tea factory.  The raw material is from their Wu Liang mountain area organic tea garden and was wet pile...

This is a potent ripe tippy grade ripe pu-erh tea from Liming Tea Factory in Menghai. Lightly fermented to preserve it's aroma and strength this b...

Pressed from 6 different ripe teas that were wet piled from 2015 to 2018! We painstakingly worked to create unique blend that would delight and for...

We are proud to announce our second Yi Wu area ripe pu-erh tea cake produced under the Yunnan Sourcing Brand! We used spring 2018 plantation and wi...

This is a tippy blend of ripe teas that work together to create a balanced and harmonious whole. Very smooth and sweet, with some bittersweet char...

Nan Jian Tu Lin tea factory has a long history of more than 30 years producing Pu-erh teas. Their productions are often similar to Xiaguan product...

This is a new pressing of 2017 harvested and early 2018 wet piled tea leaves from Mengku in Lincang.  The wet piling was done is Mengku area using ...

This is a cake composed entirely of golden buds ripe pu-erh tea. Golden Bud (aka Jin Ya 金芽) is a fine tippy grade of ripe that is unique from gong ...

Yi Pin Tang is a small tea factory located in Menghai town and is run by yet another ex-Menghai tea factory manager. The tea is pressed entirely f...

A classic recipe from Menghai, but the first production of 2018 (1801). The highest grade material is always used for first batch productions and i...

This lovely little 150 gram mini cake is called "Wu Zi Deng Ke" (五子登科), and is the one of the highest grade premium ripe teas released by Menghai t...

A premium tippy blend from Menghai Tea Factory!  Aged in Kunming since it's release in 2011, this satisfying ripe pu-erh tea has lost all it's wet ...

This is a newer blend from 2005, consisting of an average of grade 6 tea leaves.  Similar to the classic 7562 blend which comes in the form of a br...

Premium Xiaguan production made entirely from Bu Lang Mountain area tea leaves.  Wet piled in 2016 and pressed in 2017, these potent little mini ca...

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...

This is a classic Haiwan production "深山老树" (lit. Remote Mountain, Old Tree).  First offered in 2005 as a premium blend of tea leaves from Menghai a...

We are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2017 Bu Lang mountain material. First flush material was collected...

This is our first ripe Jingmai Mountain tea released since 2012.  Entirely Jingmai mountain area tea harvested in 2017 and wet piled in Menghai.  S...

This tea is the result of a rather haphazard blend of ripe teas that I threw together one morning in April 2018.  The result was surprisingly excel...

This Year of the Dog "Blue Label" ripe tea is a blend of ripe pu-erh teas from 2013 and 2015.  Being a blend of semi-aged teas, it's almost complet...

Another high quality ripe pu-erh tea from Gu Ming Xiang!  This is entirely Spring 2011 fermented wild arbor tea from Bu Lang area of Menghai.  The...

A new recipe from Menghai introduced in 2006, "Wei Zui Yan" (aka Strongest Flavor) emphasizes a strong taste with good aging potential. A blend of...

Celebrating 7 years of Lucy! Loved by humans, feared and hated by squirrels and vultures, Lucy is a force to be reckoned with!  Feel the thundercla...

8562 is a classic "Da Yi" ripe pu-erh tea recipe first release in 1985.  It's a blend of wet piled tea with an average of grade 6 tea leaves (clic...

This is a ripe pu-erh tea cake processed entirely from Yi Wu area spring 2017 tea leaves. A mix of plantation and wild arbor (not old tree) tea lea...

Entirely Yi Wu tea leaves fermented and pressed in Menghai.  Spring 2009 Yi Wu plantation (not Gu Shu) was picked and blended, then fermented for ...

Batch 101 * Newer blend started in 2009! Recipe cake from Da Yi! * 357 gramsPu Zhi Wei uses an average of grade 5 ripened tea leaves blended and co...

This is the first "Bao He Xiang" ripe pu-erh tea cake released!  Produced from tippy grade Menghai area ripe tea blended from three different wet p...

Our "Crimson Rooster" is a ripe pu-erh tea cake composed of a blend of tea leaves harvested in Spring 2016 from the Mengku region of Lincang.  The...

We are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2016 Bu Lang mountain material.  First flush material was collecte...

This is a 2016 pressing from the world's foremost producer of ripe pu-erh tea!  Blended from various grades of semi-aged (2 to 3 year) ripe pu-erh ...

Menghai tea factory has always been at the forefront of the process of creating ripe pu-erh tea through "wet piling". Their expertise at selecting ...

Wei Zui Yan means "Strongest Taste". Menghai tea factory first produced this blend in both raw and ripe form in 2006. This 2017 Ripe cake has a str...

Haiwan tea factory is an excellent choice for blended ripe pu-erh as the ex-manager of the Manager of the Menghai tea factory is the founder and g...

Our "Rooster King" is an incredibly unique blend of ripe pu-erh teas from 6 different regions in Yunnan (Yong De, Mengku, Menghai, Jingmai, Bu Lang...

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...

Xinghai tea factory of Menghai is one of the classic producers of Ripe Pu-erh tea.  This tea was pressed from high grade Gong Ting and 1st grade f...

Entirely new production of Da Yi ripe called "金果" or Golden Fruit.  It refers to the Peach of Immortality that grows in the orchard of the Celestia...

Special production just for the year 2011.  This is made of a tippy blend of Menghai area wet piled ripe pu-erh tea.  The blend likely contains som...

Da Yi's famous 7592 recipe!  Classic coarse leaf recipe makes for a full bodied tea and excellent aging potential.  Don't take me word for it, try ...