Aged Raw Pu-erh Tea

This is a pressing by the China Tea Company (aka Kunming Tea Factory) from entirely first flush of spring material from Jingmai mountains in Lancan...

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

An unusual tea in terms of it's origins.  Yunnan-grown pu-erh was pressed in Yunnan and then packaged and sold under the "Chongqing Tuo" Brand (a s...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Classic production pressed in the Yi Liang tea factory just outside of Kunming. 7561 is considered a "tippy grade" recipe. The bricks have been dry...