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.
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2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Golden Bud" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2008 YiPinTang "Qiao Mu" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2018 Menghai "7262" Recipe Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2018 Menghai "Wu Zi Deng Ke" Ripe Pu-erh Mini Tea Cake
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2011 Menghai "Jade Dew" Premium Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $7.75 - Original price $63.75Original price$7.75 - $63.75$7.75 - $63.75Current price $7.75| /In stockA 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 ...
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2018 Menghai Tea Factory "0562" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $38.50 - Original price $38.50Original price$38.50$38.50 - $38.50Current price $38.50| /In stockThis 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...
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2017 Xiaguan "Plum Blossom" Coin Mini Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2005 Tian Fu Xiang "Mini Brick" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea
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2018 Menghai "7572" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2018 Cha Nong Hao "Bu Lang Gu Shu" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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Hui Run Ripe Pu-erh Vertical Tasting Sampler
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2018 Haiwan "Remote Mountain, Old Tree" Premium Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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1999 "Taiwan Export" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $16.50 - Original price $135.50Original price$16.50 - $135.50$16.50 - $135.50Current price $16.50| /In stockThis is a general production from Menghai area that was intended for export to Taiwan but the balance was never paid and the tea sat in a Kunming w...
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2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Hui Run" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Bu Lang Mountain
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Meng Song Gong Ting Grade Loose Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $6.75 - Original price $93.50Original price$6.75 - $93.50$6.75 - $93.50Current price $6.75| /In stockThis Gong Ting grade ripe tea is a from a wet pile batch done entirely from Meng Song area (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2017 and wet pi...
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Bu Lang Mountain Gong Ting Grade Loose Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $7.25 - Original price $87.00Original price$7.25 - $87.00$7.25 - $87.00Current price $7.25| /Out of stockThis Gong Ting grade ripe tea is a from a wet pile batch done entirely from Bu Lang Mountain (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2017 and wet ...
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2014 Gu Ming Xiang "Bu Lang Tribute Cake" Ripe Pu-erh Tea
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2014 Haiwan "Golden Memory" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $6.25 - Original price $42.25Original price$6.25 - $42.25$6.25 - $42.25Current price $6.25| /In stockHaiwan 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...
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2011 Menghai "Wei Zui Yan" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price$55.00$55.00 - $55.00Current price $55.00| /In stockA new recipe from Menghai introduced in 2006, "Wei Zui Yan" (aka Strongest Flavor) emphasizes a strong taste with good aging potential. A blend of...
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2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Lucy" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2017 Menghai Tea Factory "8592" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $36.25 - Original price $36.25Original price$36.25$36.25 - $36.25Current price $36.25| /Out of stock8592 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 9 tea leaves (clic...
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2017 Menghai Tea Factory "8562" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $38.50 - Original price $38.50Original price$38.50$38.50 - $38.50Current price $38.50| /In stock8562 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...
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2017 Menghai DaYi V93 Premium Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $8.75 - Original price $39.50Original price$8.75 - $39.50$8.75 - $39.50Current price $8.75| /Out of stockThis is a classic Ripe tea blend, called "V93", it was first released in 2005 and quickly became one the most expensive ripe teas on the market. To...
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1999 Menghai "Red Dayi Brick" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $23.00 - Original price $462.00Original price$23.00 - $462.00$23.00 - $462.00Current price $23.00| /In stockClassic 1999 "红大益" Red Da Yi Brick. Four bricks in a paper wrapper, individual bricks are not wrapped, nor is there a nei fei (inner ticket) presse...
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2011 Menghai Tea Factory "Pu Zhi Wei" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
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2017 Gu Ming Xiang "Zheng Zhuan" Bu Lang Mountains Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $6.00 - Original price $63.00Original price$6.00 - $63.00$6.00 - $63.00Current price $6.00| /In stockThis is made entirely from wet piled Bu Lang pu-erh tea picked in 2012 and 2013 and wet piled in 2013. After wet piling the ripe pu-erh tea was sto...
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2014 Bao He Xiang "Bao He Jin Lian" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $8.50 - Original price $71.50Original price$8.50 - $71.50$8.50 - $71.50Current price $8.50| /Out of stockThis 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...
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1997 Xinghai "Beige Rice Paper" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $11.75 - Original price $217.75Original price$11.75 - $217.75$11.75 - $217.75Current price $11.75| /In stockAn early Xinghai Tea Factory production from 1997. This is a plain (beige rice paper) wrapper brick aged in Kunming since 2001 (previously in Mengh...
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2017 Hui Man Xin "Jin Hao Chen Yun" Gong Ting Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $29.25 - Original price $29.25Original price$29.25$29.25 - $29.25Current price $29.25| /Hui Man Xin brand is produced by a small Menghai area tea factory that specializes in ripe pu-erh tea wet piling. They've produced tea in Menghai ...
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2004 Hai Lang Hao "Qiao Mu" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $14.00 - Original price $111.25Original price$14.00 - $111.25$14.00 - $111.25Current price $14.00| /An early Hai Lang Hao (Ming Xiang Ya Yuan Mark) ripe pu-erh tea production. Pressed in 2004 from Menghai area 2002 wet-piled tea, this has been age...
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2000 "7562 Recipe" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $19.75 - Original price $167.00Original price$19.75 - $167.00$19.75 - $167.00Current price $19.75| /This is a small production made of blended ripe pu-erh tea from Menghai area. It's modeled after the famous Da Yi 7562 recipe, and does look much ...
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2017 Hai Lang Hao "Jun Ai" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $15.50 - Original price $623.25Original price$15.50 - $623.25$15.50 - $623.25Current price $15.50| /Out of stockIn 2016 Hai Lang started a kind of crazy undertaking. Collecting 320 kilograms of spring 2016 harvested mao cha from Xin Ban Zhang, Ba Ka, and Ba ...
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2017 Hai Lang Hao "Lao Ban Zhang" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $30.25 - Original price $1,270.50Original price$30.25 - $1,270.50$30.25 - $1,270.50Current price $30.25| /In stockIn 2016 Hai Lang started a kind of crazy undertaking. Collecting 200 kilograms of spring 2016 harvested mao cha from Lao Ban Zhang village and hav...
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2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Crimson Rooster" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $11.75 - Original price $76.25Original price$11.75 - $76.25$11.75 - $76.25Current price $11.75| /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...
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2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Hui Run" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Bu Lang Mountain
Original price $12.25 - Original price $106.50Original price$12.25 - $106.50$12.25 - $106.50Current price $12.25| /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...
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2016 Menghai Tea Factory "Hou De" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $54.00 - Original price $54.00Original price$54.00$54.00 - $54.00Current price $54.00| /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 ...
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2017 Menghai "Phoenix Princess" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake
Original price $18.25 - Original price $18.25Original price$18.25$18.25 - $18.25Current price $18.25| /In stockMenghai 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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2017 Menghai Wei Zui Yan Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $36.25 - Original price $36.25Original price$36.25$36.25 - $36.25Current price $36.25| /In stockWei 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...
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2003 Tian Fu Xiang "Xiao Tai" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Tuo
Original price $33.75 - Original price $153.75Original price$33.75 - $153.75$33.75 - $153.75Current price $33.75| /Tian Fu Xiang was a small Menghai Tea factory that started in the early-2000s. Tian Fu Xiang was started by Zhang Li Xiang who worked for the Meng...
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2005 Tian Fu Xiang "Menghai Ripe Tuo" Aged Pu-erh Tea
Original price $9.00 - Original price $60.50Original price$9.00 - $60.50$9.00 - $60.50Current price $9.00| /Tian Fu Xiang was a small Menghai Tea factory that started in the early-2000s. Tian Fu Xiang was started by Zhang Li Xiang who worked for the Meng...
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2004 Tian Fu Xiang "Menghai Ripe Brick" Aged Pu-erh Tea
Original price $9.50 - Original price $66.50Original price$9.50 - $66.50$9.50 - $66.50Current price $9.50| /Tian Fu Xiang was a small Menghai Tea factory that started in the early-2000s. Tian Fu Xiang was started by Zhang Li Xiang who worked for the Mengh...
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Xinghai Tea Factory "The Other Menghai" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Sampler
Original price $43.50 - Original price $43.50Original price$43.50$43.50 - $43.50Current price $43.50| /In stockPu-erh tea is made from Yunnan large-leaf varietal of Camellia Sinensis. It is typically processed into compressed cakes, bricks and tuos. Pu-erh...
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2017 Haiwan "Good Tea For Everyone" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $5.75 - Original price $39.75Original price$5.75 - $39.75$5.75 - $39.75Current price $5.75| /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...
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The Wonder of Cha Tou Ripe Pu-erh Tea Sampler
Original price $44.00 - Original price $44.00Original price$44.00$44.00 - $44.00Current price $44.00| /In stockExperience The Wonder of Cha Tou with a flight of 5 of our favorite offerings. Enjoy a curated selection of "Cha Tou" samples and develop an apprec...
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Yunnan Sourcing Brand Ripe Pu-erh Tea Sampler for 2011
Original price $60.00 - Original price $60.00Original price$60.00$60.00 - $60.00Current price $60.00| /Out of stockTake a flight back in time with Yunnan Sourcing to the villages and mountains we sourced our 2011 Ripe Pu-erh tea from! Taste a curated selection ...
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2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Rooster King" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $15.75 - Original price $121.25Original price$15.75 - $121.25$15.75 - $121.25Current price $15.75| /Out of stockOur "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...
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2017 Menghai "7572" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $57.25 - Original price $57.25Original price$57.25$57.25 - $57.25Current price $57.25| /In stockA 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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2009 Xinghai "Dragon" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake
Original price $30.25 - Original price $30.25Original price$30.25$30.25 - $30.25Current price $30.25| /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...
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