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...

Xiaguan's classic 8653 recipe was first developed in 1986 and produced for many years since then. Our offering is the 8653 blend pressed in 2001. T...

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...

An early Jiang Cheng mountains area single mountain production.  Made entirely from wild arbor Jiang Cheng spring 2002 tea leaves and then pressed...

This tea cake was created to commemorate the "International Pu-erh Tea Expo" in Kunming in 2002. The event took place at the Kunming Wholesale Tea...

This tea cake was created to commemorate the opening of the newer second section of the Jin Shi Kunming Wholesale Tea market. The Jin Shi wholesal...

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...

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 ...

An early white wrapper production with a "Ming Xiang Ya Yuan" nei fei pressed into the cake.   "Ming Xiang Ya Yuan" is the name of Hai Lang's 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...

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 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...

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...

One of the the early productions of the Guoyan Tea Factory, a limited production of just 28399 cakes.  It is composed of a blend from the six famo...

An early production from Hai Lang Hao. The nei fei and wrapper bears the name of his shop (Ming Xiang Ya Yuan), which was used on his 2002 to 2006 ...

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...

An early Nan Jian production of their classic Phoenix Coin cake.  The cake is composed of tippy grade and medium leaves from both Wu Liang Shan an...

Ron-Zhen Tea Factory of Dadugang region of Xishuangbanna produced this cake from high grade raw pu-erh tea and camellia flowers. The tea itself is ...

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...

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...

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 spring 2005 Hai Lang Hao production produced under the "Ming Xiang Ya Yuan" brand. "Ba Ma Gong Chun" is made entirely from 100+ year old Nan Nuo ...

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 ...

Composed of Jing Gu Large White Pekoe varietal from Yang Ta village in Simao. An ancient arbor tea from early spring 2005, featuring prominent thic...

Mo Tian Mountain is little know mountainous area between Jing Gu and Zhenyuan in the prefecture of Simao. The area’s varietal is a large leaf varie...

Another limited single estate Nan Nuo production from Hai Lang Hao. Spring 2005 material from old tea trees growing in Ban Po Lao Zhai in the Nan N...

You Le Mountain is located to the east of Jing Hong city and is just to the west of Yi Wu. You Le mountain is also called Ji Nuo mountain after the...

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 ...

Liming Tea Factory is located in Menghai and specializes in both ripe and raw pu-erhs composed of Xishuangbanna tea leaves. This cake was stored 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...

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...

The Mengyang Guoyan factory of Menghai produced this cake entirely of Spring 2005 material taken from high altitude established plantation trees on...

"Hong He Yuan" 红河源 mark is a made by a now defunct Nan Zhao Tea Factory 南诏茶厂 (not to be confused with Xiaguan's Nan Zhao sub-label).  This is entir...

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 ...

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...

This is a spring 2006 Pasha Mountain raw pu-erh tea cake that has been aged in Guangdong dry storage condition for about 11 years.  The taste is sm...