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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.

  • 2009 Big Classic "Remote Mountain Old Tree" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    2009 Big Classic " Remote Mountain, Old Tree " Ripe Pu-erh tea cakeSpring 2009 Da Hu Sai (Mengku county) wild arbor pu-erh tea was expertly ferment...

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  • 2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Dian Hong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake

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    Our 2012 "Little Bit of Red" production is made entirely from Menghai area material fermented in 2009 and 2010.  Similar to last year's blend, but ...

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  • 2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Te Ji" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Man Tang Hong Te Ji ripe cake is entirely Te Ji grade ripe tea, no other grades of tea were blended into it.  The material used was expertly fermen...

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  • 2016 Menghai "Aged Aroma" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    "Yue Chen Yue Xiang" means "The Older, the More Aromatic".  This is the first thing that I ever learned about Pu-erh tea.  In 1996 I went to the c...

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  • 2015 Menghai "Elephant Mountain" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Elephant Mountain is a small Dai minority village community in Menghai County with a Dai Temple of some renown.  It's also a tea growing area and ...

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  • 2015 Menghai "Sui Yue" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    A new for 2015 production from Menghai Tea Factory (Da Yi Brand).  "Sui Yue" means both time and timelessness.  It's meant to express continuity f...

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  • 2006 YiPinTang "Menghai Lao Shu" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Yi Pin Tang is a brand and tea factory in Menghai town in Xishuangbanna. They specialize in Ripe Pu-erh and their wet piling process is overseen b...

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  • 2009 Nan Qiao "Wu Yin Cha Pin" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Nan Qiao is a medium size tea factory in Menghai town of Xishuangbanna.  It specializes in ripe pu-erh tea wet piling and does many productions of...

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  • 2013 Huang Ying Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Brick

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    The 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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  • 2011 Mengku Grade 3 Ripe Pu-erh tea Mini Tuo Cha

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    A premium mini tuo composed entirely of grade 3 whole leaf ripe pu-erh tea! Mengku tea (Lincang) was expertly fermented for 47 days in a small Men...

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  • 2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Dian Hong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake

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    Our 2011 "Little Bit of Red" production is made entirely from Menghai area material fermented in 2009. It's a variation on last year's production, ...

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  • 2016 Menghai "Wu Kong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake

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    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 ...

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  • 2016 Menghai "7572" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    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...

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  • 2014 Menghai Lao Cha Tou Brick * Ripe Pu-erh Tea

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    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...

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  • 2012 Menghai "7552 201" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    A classic Menghai tea factory recipe made with an average of grade 5 leaves. As is typical with Da Yi teas the ripened tea leaves are partially sem...

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  • 2011 Menghai Tea Factory 7262 101 Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    A classic recipe from Menghai, but the first production of 2011 (101). This is an average blend of 6th grade material that was fermented last year,...

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