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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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    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Magic Teapot" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Dragon Balls

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    A lovely naturally grown tea from Man Gang village in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. Harvested in 2023 from Spring and Autumn teas and then wet pil...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Subduer of Dragons" Ripe Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Subduer of Dragons" Ripe Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a blend of "ye sheng" purple raw pu-erh tea and ripe pu-erh from several regions! This pressing is our third pressing of a "ye sheng" raw a...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Magic Teapot" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Magic Teapot" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    A lovely naturally grown tea from Man Gang village in the Bang Dong area of Lincang. Harvested in 2023 from Spring and Autumn teas and then wet pil...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Gold Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Gold Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a blend of 2 different Yong De area ripe teas! One of them is a 2022 wet-piled tea from and the other is cha tou from 2017! Both are from t...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Blue Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Blue Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    We are very happy to offer a new Blue Label cake pressed from 2015 and 2017 wet piled ripe pu-erh tea from Yong De county in Lincang. We blended tw...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Mengku Xiao Hu Sai" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Mengku Xiao Hu Sai" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Xiao Hu Sai village (a neighboring village to Da Hu Sai). Our Xiao Hu Sai was picked in April 2023 from wild grown tea trees and bushes ranging fro...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Rock Spirit" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Rock Spirit" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This ripe cake is pressed from a wet pile batch made entirely from the Zhenkang area of Lincang. The tea leaves were harvested in 2023 and wet pile...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Green Mark Dragon" Ripe Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Green Mark Dragon" Ripe Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    With this lovely cake we celebrate an age-old tradition of mixing raw and ripe pu-erh tea together to create a harmonious blend worthy of aging. Li...

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  • 2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Return to Dragon Pagoda" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Return to Dragon Pagoda" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This cake is composed entirely from first flush of spring 2023 Na Han village (Bang Dong area of Lincang) tea leaves! The tea was wet-piled in a sm...

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  • 2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Sanctuary" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Sanctuary" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Our second Sanctuary release!! Sanctuary is a small wet pile batch of just 600 kilograms! We purchased 230 kilograms in total. Instead of separatin...

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  • 2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Di Jie Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Di Jie Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a Spring 2022 Di Jie Village area old plantation harvest tea. The tea was wet piled during the summer of 2022 and then aged in Mengku until...

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  • 2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Mengku Teng Tiao" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Entirely wild arbor tea from early spring! The tea leaves for this tea cake were picked from 20 to 60 years old tea trees growing wild in the Da Xu...

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  • 2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Yong De Black Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Yong De Black Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    A new blend in our "Yong De Label" ripe series! This is a blend of 3 different Yong De area ripe teas! Thick tea soup, sweet taste! Don't pass this...

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  • 2003 CNNP "Lincang Yellow Mark" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2003 CNNP "Lincang Yellow Mark" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a small farmer pressing from Lincang wet-piled teas. Aged in Lincang for 7 years and then in Guangdong (Dongguan), which has given this an ...

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  • 2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Shadow Play" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Shadow Play" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is premium Mengku ripe tea made from entirely spring harvested tea! Wet-piled in a Mengku area tea factory and then aged for about 2 years bef...

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  • 2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Drunken Tiger" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Drunken Tiger" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Purely wild arbor Mengku area ripe tea! A blend of three different 2020 wet pile batches from Xiao Hu Sai, Ba Wai, and Da Hu Sai! This is a very fu...

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  • 2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Sanctuary" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Sanctuary" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    A new release for 2022! Sanctuary is a small wet pile batch of just 800 kilograms! We purchased 300 kilograms in total. Instead of separating out t...

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  • 2006 Mengku Rongshi "Te Ji" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2006 Mengku Rongshi "Te Ji" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a classic early Mengku Rongshi ripe production using a Te Ji heavy blend of tea wet piled in 2005 (the cake was pressed 1/1/2006). This is ...

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  • 2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Rosy Ox" Gong Ting Ripe Pu-erh Tea | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Rosy Ox" Gong Ting Ripe Pu-erh Tea

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    We are happy to offer this unique tea cake pressed entirely from Gong Ting ripe tea wet-piled entirely from Mang Fei mountain tea leaves. Mang Fei ...

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  • 2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Di Jie Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea

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    This is a Spring 2020 Di Jie Village area old plantation harvest tea. The tea was wet piled during the summer of 2020 and then aged in Mengku until...

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  • 2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Bingdao 5 Villages" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Bingdao 5 Villages" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a small wet pile batch of teas harvested in Spring 2020 from five villages in the Bingdao area (Mengku County of Lincang).  The five villag...

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  • 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Peerless" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Our "Peerless" ripe pu-erh tea cake was pressed from wild arbor tea growing in Da Hu Sai and Xiao Hu Sai villages (Mengku County of Lincang). It's ...

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  • 2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Buddy" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Buddy" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    "Buddy" celebrates the spirit of companionship that dogs and humans share.  Buddy is also a young stray dog that we fostered for a couple of months...

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  • 2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Balance" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Balance" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a tippy blend of ripe teas that work together to create a balanced and harmonious whole. Very smooth and sweet, with some bittersweet char...

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  • 2018 Cha Nong Hao "Mengku Pure Aroma“ Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2018 Cha Nong Hao "Mengku Pure Aroma“ Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    This is a new pressing of 2017 harvested and early 2018 wet piled tea leaves from Mengku in Lincang.  The wet piling was done is Mengku area using ...

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  • 2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Lucy" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2018 Yunnan Sourcing "Lucy" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Celebrating 7 years of Lucy! Loved by humans, feared and hated by squirrels and vultures, Lucy is a force to be reckoned with!  Feel the thundercla...

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  • 2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Crimson Rooster" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    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 "Rooster King" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
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    2017 Yunnan Sourcing "Rooster King" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Our "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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  • 2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Green Mark" Ripe Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Green Mark" Ripe Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    With this lovely cake we celebrate an age-old tradition of mixing raw and ripe pu-erh tea together to create a harmonious blend worthy of aging. L...

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  • 2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Green Miracle" Wild Arbor Ripe Pu-erh tea | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
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    2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Green Miracle" Wild Arbor Ripe Pu-erh tea

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    To celebrate this year we selected a wild arbor sourced Ripe Pu-erh tea from Spring 2014 and pressed into this lovely 250 gram cake. Tea leaves fr...

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  • 2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Red Horse Gongting" Ripe Pu-erh tea cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2014 Yunnan Sourcing "Red Horse Gongting" Ripe Pu-erh tea cake

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    Our Red Horse mini cake is made entirely from Gongting grade ripe pu-erh tea from Yong De county tea leaves.  2013 harvested tea leaves were ferme...

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  • 2013 Yunnan Sourcing Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
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    2013 Yunnan Sourcing Yong De Blue Label Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Our Blue Label production celebrates the tail end of this Year of the Snake.  We selected the highest quality ripe tea fermented from Yong De coun...

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  • 2009 Big Classic "Remote Mountain Old Tree" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2009 Big Classic "Remote Mountain Old Tree" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    2009 Big Classic " Remote Mountain, Old Tree " Ripe Pu-erh tea cakeSpring 2009 Da Hu Sai (Mengku county) wild arbor pu-erh tea was expertly ferment...

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  • 2005 Mengku "Gong Ting Mini Cake" Ripe Pu-erh Tea | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
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    2005 Mengku "Gong Ting Mini Cake" Ripe Pu-erh Tea

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    A classic Mengku production. Stored for 8 years and aged to perfection. Nice camphor and sugarcane notes in this lovely fine "gong ting" grade ripe...

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  • 2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Yong De Blue Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
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    2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Yong De Blue Label" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Our Blue Label production celebrates the tail end of this Year of the Dragon.  We selected the highest quality ripe tea fermented from Yong De coun...

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  • 2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Te Ji" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Te Ji" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Man Tang Hong Te Ji ripe cake is entirely Te Ji grade ripe tea, no other grades of tea were blended into it.  The material used was expertly fermen...

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  • 2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Number 2" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Number 2" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Our Man Tang Hong "Number 2" cake is composed from an average of grade 2 ripe tea leaves harvested from mature tea bushes in Mengku county (Lincang...

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  • 2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

    2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Man Tang Hong Gong Ting" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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    Yunnan Sourcing is proud to present our Gong Ting grade ripe tea cake. The material was fermented from Spring 2009 Lincang wild arbor material and ...

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