Pu-erh Cakes

This cake is an excellent example of how an aged "Huang Pian" (黄片 matured leaf) raw pu-erh tea cake can taste so good.  Picked from 2000 Spring mat...

An early Jiang Cheng mountains area single mountain production.  Made entirely from wild arbor Jiang Cheng spring 2002 tea leaves and then pressed...

This is a small "Farmer Yi Wu" pressing from Spring 2002 harvested tea.  Yi Wu mountain area is in the north of Mengla county in the NW part of Xis...

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

Probably a small Menghai area tea factory produced this cake under the CNNP (zhong cha) label.  Likely not a licensed CNNP production! Stored in M...

2003 Spring tea, classic CNNP Pure Yi Wu Mountain tea cakeThis is a classic CNNP production from 2003. It is purely spring 2003 Yi Wu mountain tea ...

Spring 2003 Harvested Yi Wu from a small Yi Wu local producer!  This is a stone-pressed cake aged in Yi Wu and then Kunming. This an excellent exam...

This is a small production pressed by an Yi Wu tea grower in Luo Shui Dong Village.  The tea is entirely 2003 Spring Harvest from wild growing tea ...

This is an Yi Wu area pressing done by CNNP (or perhaps a farmer pressed CNNP?). Spring 2004 material was pressed using stone presses and then aged...

Spring 2004 Harvested Yi Wu from a small Yi Wu local producer! This is a stone-pressed cake aged in Yi Wu and then Kunming. This is an excellent ex...

One of the the early productions of the Guoyan Tea Factory, a limited production of just 28399 cakes.  It is composed of a blend from the six famo...

An early production from Hai Lang Hao. The nei fei and wrapper bears the name of his shop (Ming Xiang Ya Yuan), which was used on his 2002 to 2006 ...

From the Mengyang Guoyan Tea Factory, this lovely Banna Aged ripe pu-erh tea cake is perfect to enjoy right now!  Dong Guoyan is an ex-Menghai te...

"Fu Dao" 福到refers to the turning upside down of the "福" character which means Prosperity Arrives! Nan Qiao tea factory is an older more establishe...

Ron-Zhen Tea Factory of Dadugang region of Xishuangbanna produced this cake from high grade raw pu-erh tea and camellia flowers. The tea itself is ...

Banna aged ripe tea from Xinghai tea factory in Menghai (Xishuangbanna).  This is a lovely pungent and thick Menghai area ripe tea that has mature...

An excellent ripe tea from one of the original Menghai ripe pu-erh tea factories! Xinghai pressed this cake entirely from Yi Wu mountain area ripe ...

Xiang Ming village is an area north of Yi Wu close to the Yi Bang mountain area of Mengla county in Xishuangbanna.  Xiang Ming unlike Yi Bang is e...

This is a classic Changtai Tea Factory offering pressed from Bu Lang area spring 2005 tea leaves.  Changtai Tea Factory tirelessly collected Spring...

This is a classic Changtai Tea Factory offering pressed from Nannuo area spring 2005 tea leaves. Changtai Tea Factory tirelessly collected Spring 2...

This is a classic Changtai Tea Factory offering pressed from a blend of 15 unique regions of Yunnan.  Changtai Tea Factory tirelessly collected Spr...

A 2005 production from China Tuhsu Yunnan Import and Export Company, the original state-owned enterprise that was opened in 1938. This is one of tw...

Big Yellow Mark (lit. Da Huang Yin) is a CNNP labelled tea from a small producer in Menghai.  The tea is a blend of Nan Nuo and Bu Lang Mountain S...

Final year CNNP production. Old plantation tea from spring 2005 harvest was pressed into these potent tea cakes and dry aged in Kunming for 14 year...

A spring 2005 Hai Lang Hao production produced under the "Ming Xiang Ya Yuan" brand. "Ba Ma Gong Chun" is made entirely from 100+ year old Nan Nuo ...

Another limited single estate Nan Nuo production from Hai Lang Hao. Spring 2005 material from old tea trees growing in Ban Po Lao Zhai in the Nan N...

You Le Mountain is located to the east of Jing Hong city and is just to the west of Yi Wu. You Le mountain is also called Ji Nuo mountain after the...

Jing Long is a small Yi Wu based producer that has been making tea since 1998.  This is an Spring harvest 2005 tea cake that was stone-pressed in ...

Lucky Brand 2005 pressing of Yi Wu area tea trees.  Spring harvested and stone pressed in the traditional manner.  The tea was aged in Guangzhou in...

Xiangming Tea Factory is a medium sized Menghai area tea factory that has been around since the late 1990's.  They produce teas from Menghai and Yi...

A lovely aged ripe pu-erh tea aged in hot and humid Xishuangbanna!  Made from Menghai area fermented tea this tea was fermented for 46 days in Men...

Nicely aged raw tea from Yi Wu mountains.  Aged 12 years in the dry conditions in Kunming, it yields a deep golden tea soup with hints of hay and ...

This is a 2005 Spring Harvest You Le Mountain raw pu-erh tea cake.  It was produced by the You Le Shan Minority Tea Factory, which is a small tea f...

This is a spring 2006 Pasha Mountain raw pu-erh tea cake that has been aged in Guangdong dry storage condition for about 11 years.  The taste is sm...

Another wonderful Guangdong dry-storage Changtai cake made in honor of Hong Kong's Tong An Teahouse!   A blend of high quality wild arbor material ...

This is a high quality blend of Menghai tea from Ba Da, Bu Lang, Nan Nuo and Meng Song.  Pressed in 2006 and then stored in Guangdong until early 2...

We are very excited to offer this aged Yi Wu raw pu-erh tea!  The tea was harvested in Spring 2003, and then stored as loose leaf "mao cha" in Yi W...

Jing Long is a small Yi Wu based producer that has been making tea since 1998.  This is a Spring 2006 tea cake that commemorates the Horse Caravan...

This is a well-aged Guangdong storage ripe pu-erh tea pressed in 2006 by the Lao Man'e Brand. This is composed of Gong Ting (tippy grade) ripe pu-e...

The Star of Yi Wu mountain cake is composed entirely Yi Wu material but is not composed entirely of wild arbor material.  The majority is composed ...

Spring 2007 harvested Yi Wu Mountain tea leaves were pressed using stone compression technique in the Yi Wu Zheng Shan Tea Factory in Yi Wu town of...

This tea cake is composed of spring 2007 harvested Yi Wu Mountain area tea leaves and aged in Jinghong (Xishuangbanna) for 10 years before being br...

This is a Guangdong dry aged "Farmer CNNP" wrapped cake from 2008.  It was stored in Guangdong until early 2020, and then Kunming thereafter.   The...

First flush of spring Yi Wu tea was processed by hand and then pressed by stone press into these lovely cakes.  Already 10 years old, this tea bre...

Spring 2008 harvested Yi Wu Mountain tea leaves were pressed using stone compression technique in the Yi Wu Zheng Shan Tea Factory in Yi Wu town o...

Entirely Wild Arbor (not Ancient Arbor) tea from the Yi Wu peak of the the Yi Wu Mountain range in Mengla county of Xishuangbanna. This tea was pro...

Liming Tea Factory is located in Menghai and specializes in both ripe and raw pu-erhs composed of Xishuangbanna tea leaves.  The Yi Wu Big Green Tr...

You Le Zhi Chun (攸乐之春 aka “Spring of You Le”) is the second tea cake created under the new Yunnan Sourcing / Rui Cao Xiang label. This label is a ...