2007 Jiu Wan "Broken Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

Name: 2007 Jiu Wan "Broken Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Brand: Jiu Wan Tea Factory
Price: 50.75 USD
Availability: InStock

by Jiu Wan Tea Factory

$5.35 - $50.75

$5.35

$5.35 - $50.75

$5.35

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Made from the same fermentation batch as the 2007 Jiu Wan "Tong Qing Hao" ripe cake. This cake is pressed entirely from "broken gong ting" grade ripe material. Broken Gong Ting (gao sui cha) is slightly smaller than gong ting and is separated out from gong ting and is typically used for blending. Though slightly choppy this tea is highly aromatic and tastes great after 5 years of aging.

500 grams per cake

Overall rating: 4.6666665 / 5 from 9 reviews.

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Not bad

"I think that for the price, if you like the tea this is great. I dont dislike the tea, its just nothing amazing. I would prefer to spend a little more and get something nicer. For me it just has a little too much of that old library taste. This tea is worth a sample though. Because if you do like the tea its great value. When brewing remember to do short brews as this this is very broken tea."

— Josh D. (3/5)

Bought 2016 tastes in 2025

"Very delicious thick viscose creamy bought in 2016 taste in 2025 9 years later so yummy thank god I bought 2 cakes one to drink one to ferment longer"

— Jas (5/5)

This is something special

"I generally like to pick apart each individual flavor note to describe a tea, but this one shut my brain off haha! I just love it, and so much, that when the session was finished, for real, I wanted to wash the pot, load it up again with the same tea and have another session again! It has that special something that right now I can't even describe, but this is something special. Love it!"

— Christopher L. (5/5)

A very tasty shou puer

"YS tossed a sample of this in my most recent order (March 2025) and I'm happy to report the tea is still brewing up well! A quick wash followed by 15 second steeps. A dense earthy aroma and taste. I think I needed to give it a little bit more of a wash as the first sip tasted of fresh soil but after that the complexity of the tea emerged. The flavor improved considerably as the tea cooled. If I had another sample, I'd try brewing at 195F. The leaf bits in my sample were quite tiny, which leads me to suspect the cake was cut in haste. However I am pleased to report that they did not impart a bitter flavor into the brewed tea. $50 USD for a 500g cake of this quality is quite a bargain and I'm somewhat surprised YS still has a supply of these cakes available. It is a very suitable starter cake. A good example of a ripe puer that doesn't exhibit any of the flaws of badly prepared shou (fishy taste/odor). I was very happy with this sample."

— Curtis M. (4/5)

Very bright aroma and rich

"Very bright aroma and rich taste! worthy for the money!"

— Aleksei Y. (5/5)

A Must Buy

"If you are a lover of ripe puerh, you must buy a cake of this before it runs out. I mean it! The old dank and dusty aged characteristic may not suit some, but I personally love it. As mentioned by Jason D. "different tea experiences are always better", I concur. This is a very unique tea that is priced for all to enjoy. Tea on"

— Gary T. (5/5)

Is Broken Supposed to Be Bad?

"I generally like to drink tea no one else likes to drink, but I also drink tea that everybody likes to drink just the same as the tea that no one likes to drink. People might not think they like this tea... Different tea experiences are always better when one drinks over a gallon of various teas and 50+ grams of tea daily. Boredom is the enemy that makes one drink less tea and this cake wasn't boring... The tea probably takes experience to break apart correctly into the right size chunks so it doesn't all release at once (I have 15+ years stabbing and smashing pu-erh tea leaves). The tea probably also takes experience on the tongue with the wide variety of unique flavors that can be quite strong. Woodsy, meaty, slightly drying, with lots of aroma that sets a spine straighter, while at the same time giving one a drunken hit from the larger than normal amino acid theanine - probably due to the broken leaf busting more amino acids loose adding to the beef-jerky notes. The way that I ended up craving the tea while drinking it reminded me of a Xinghai experience, but less refined... Regardless, I was a drunken-warrior that killed off 450 or so grams of the cake and saved some for later in my favorite used ripe stash, a bad habit when one doesn't want to lose a tea-love, as you end up saving pieces of what you once had... Overall, I liked the broken gong ting that made the gong ting more gong-tingy. But better yet, I like the flavor, and because of that, I thought I'd try another Jiu Wan cake from Scott's collection to prevent boredom."

— Jason D. (5/5)

Excellent

"i received this tea as a sample with a recent order. I liked it so much that I ordered a cake. I should have bought more than 1! Excellent old tea, very tasty."

— Lily (5/5)