Pu-erh Cakes

This is a 2016 pressing from 10 years aged ripe pu-erh tea from Dehong.  The taste is creamy, sweet, and velvety smooth!   An excellent ripe that i...

This is a blend of multiple types of Purple varietal (mostly black) teas from the first flush of spring 2021 harvest!  A painstakingly blended cake...

This is a blend of multiple types of Purple varietal (mostly black) teas from the first flush of spring 2022 harvest! A painstakingly blended cake ...

This is a blend of multiple types of Purple varietal (mostly black) teas from the first flush of Spring 2023 harvest! A painstakingly blended cake ...

A special CNNP for Malaysia export ripe tea cake. Pressed entirely from 1st grade, Te Ji and broken Gong Ting grade Menghai area ripe tea. This tea...

Lucky Brand is a 1997-2005 CNNP Brand logo. Most of the teas produced under the Lucky Brand were ripe pu-erh teas fermented in the Yiliang Tea Fac...

This is a small farmer production using a generic CNNP 中茶 Simplified Character wrapper.  This is made entirely from Spring 2002 wild-harvested "Ye ...

A simple mini cake produced with the "Ming Xiang Ya Yuan" nei fei, which is the name of Hai Lang's tea shop. Pure Ai Lao mountain of Simao Spring 2...

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 ...

This is a pressing of Mengku tea harvested in Spring 2003 and then stored in Nan Jian until early 2020 when the tea stocks were moved to Kunming.  ...

This cake released the Kunming Tai Lian Tea Factory in 2003 is a classic example of high quality wild arbor tea and tea from younger (natural growt...

Wu Chi Dao brand tea is produced by a small tea factory in Mengku area of Lincang.  This is a spring 2003 production pressed by stone press and th...

This is a 2004 pressing by the Wan Shun Hao brand, a small Mengku area producer.  It's spring harvest tea from the Big Snow Mountain area of Mengku...

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...

This is a lightly aged tea cake pressed from early spring 2004 tea.  Ying Luo mountain straddles Shuangjiang Mengku county and Yong De county of Li...

A lovely 2004 spring harvest tea blended from Mengku area tea gardens!  Wu Chi Dao is a small Mengku area brand of Pu-erh tea that launched in 1999...

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 2005 Hai Lang Hao production produced under the "Ming Xiang Ya Yuan" brand. "Lincang Impression" is made entirely from Yong De area early spring ...

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...

A classic Mengku production. Stored for 8 years and aged to perfection. Nice camphor and sugarcane notes in this lovely fine "gong ting" grade ripe...

This was produced by a small tea factory in the Mengku area from Spring 2005 tea leaves from Xiao Hu Sai area of Mengku county in Lincang.  The te...

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...

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...

This is a Spring 2006 pluck from Mangshi county of Dehong "Ye Sheng" varietal purple tea trees.  Stored in Dehong from 2006 until 2014 and then Kun...

Feng Qing tea factory (now owned by Dianhong Group) is the oldest tea factory in Lincang and the original producer and exporter of Yunnan Black tea...

The Lancang Ancient Tea company of Lancang county of Simao produced this fine cake from early spring 2006 Jing Mai mountain tea at an altitude of 1...

The Lancang Ancient Tea company of Lancang county of Simao produced this fine cake from early spring 2006 Jing Mai mountain tea at an altitude of 1...

Shuangjiang Mengku Tea factory the most famous tea factory in the Lincang area of south-western Yunnan has produced this cake for a second year. Th...

This is a classic early Mengku Rongshi ripe production using a Te Ji heavy blend of tea wet piled in 2005 (the cake was pressed 1/1/2006). This is ...

This is a small production from the "Qi Sheng" Brand based in Kunming.  Li Fa Lou the owner is a close friend of mine and a Dehong (Mangshi) native...

Shuang Yi is a small producer of teas based in Menghai, they specialize in Banna teas, but also produce teas from Lancang (Jingmai, Bang Wei, and H...

Feng Qing tea factory (now owned by Dianhong Group) is the oldest tea factory in Lincang and the original producer and exporter of Yunnan Black tea...

The first production from Hai Lang Hao this year! Composed entirely of first flush Spring 2007 raw material, this cake is 70% Wild Arbor material b...

An early Mengku Rongshi raw blend from 2007. This cake was pressed from a blend of 2007 first flush spring tea harvested in Mengku county of Lincan...

This tea is composed of wild arbor purple tea picked in April 2007 from high altitude (1900 meters) purple assamica varietal (大叶种紫茶) growing in the...

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...

Wild Arbor King (乔木王) was first introduced in 2006, and quickly became one of Mengku's most popular raw pu-erhs.  In 2006 it won the prestigious E...

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...

This cake is Guan Zi Zai's most premium Jing Mai Mountain Wild Arbor cake. First flush material is picked from wild arbor trees (80-120 year old tr...

Entirely spring 2009 high mountain material from the Zhenyuan area of Wu Liang Mountain in Simao. This high altitude tea (2100 meters) has an incr...