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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

This is the fourth cake in our "Road to Yi Wu" (易武之道) series of cakes.  We have selected fall harvest (谷花茶) wild arbor material from the area of "D...

This is the third cake in our "Road to Yi Wu" (易武之道) series of cakes.  We have selected fall harvest (谷花茶) wild arbor material from the area of "Ma...

A solid tea with strong Yi Wu character, and large intact leaves processed in the traditional manner. Stone-Pressed with a large 40 kilogram stone ...

Yi Wu stone-pressed cake made from 50 to 80 year old tea trees growing in the Luo Shui Dong area nearby Yi Wu town! Just 40 kilos of this tea was p...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2010 Harvest from Ding Jia Zhai in Yi Wu Shan. We have selected fall harvest (谷花茶) wild arbor mate...

Ge Deng tea mountain is located in Mengla county of Xi Shuang Banna and is one of the six famous tea mountains of Banna. Ge Deng mountain is locate...

Entirely Ancient Arbor tea from Autumn (October) 2010 Harvest from Man Zhuan in Yi Wu mountain range. Man Zhuan is one of the six famous tea mounta...

This lovely little tea cake is composed entirely of Yi Wu area old plantation tea bushes. The area is just outside of Ma Hei village not far from Y...

A blend of Autumn 2011 harvested "Da Shu" (big tree) tea leaves from Yi Wu villages including Gao Shan Zhai, Luo Shui Dong, and Ma Hei.  After pres...

Gao Shan Village is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NNE of Yi Wu town and is one of the highest elevation villages in the Yi Wu range.  Gao Shan vil...

This is the third time Yunnan Sourcing has produced tea from the village of Gua Feng Zhai. We selected late Autumn 2011 wild arbor material from th...

Mang Zhi is a small village of Yi and Yao people living west and south of Yi Wu town in the vicinity of Yi Bang and Xi Kong villages. Like the teas...

Xi Kong tea like Yi Bang is special in that it is not large leaf varietal but rather a primitive small leaf varietal that has grown in this area fo...

This Yi Bang tea is special in that it is not large leaf varietal but rather a primitive small leaf varietal that has grown in this area for hundre...

This tea cake is composed from late autumn harvest of purple tea from the Yi Wu mountains in Xishuangbanna. Purple tea leaves from bushes aged 20 t...

Entirely ancient arbor tea from spring 2012. "Long Bing Er Hao" means "Dragon Cake #2", it's the first of two cakes celebrating the Year of the Dra...

A harmonious blend of six different Yi Wu area villages old tea tree material. All six villages material come from the first flush of spring 2012. ...

Gao Shan Village is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NNE of Yi Wu town and is one of the highest elevation villages in the Yi Wu range. Gao Shan vill...

Jia Bu is a neighboring village to Xi Kong village (3.3km due NE from Xi Kong) and shares a similar character to Xi Kong but still entirely unique ...

Wan Gong Zhai is a small village to the north and east of Yi Wu town just north of Gua Feng Zhai right on the Yunnan Laos border. To the north is "...

This tea cake is composed from late autumn harvest of purple tea from the Yi Wu mountains in Xishuangbanna.  Purple tea leaves from bushes aged 20 ...

Our first raw production release for 2012! First flush of spring material from Yi Bi and Lou Shui Dong blended together in equal parts. Entirely no...

Gao Shan Village is nestled in the Yi Wu mountains NNE of Yi Wu town and is one of the highest elevation villages in the Yi Wu range. Gao Shan vill...

Our Autumn 2012 harvest tea cake is made from the production of one family who in total produced just 30 kilograms total from their ancestral tea g...