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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2010 Nan Mu Chun "Spring Chorus" Wild Arbor Bu Lang Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $6.75 - Original price $58.00Original price$6.75 - $58.00$6.75 - $58.00Current price $6.75| /Entirely spring material from Bu Lang area old plantation and wild arbor tea plants. Expertly fermented in a Menghai area tea factory. Just 4000 k...
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2004 Xinghai "Aged Aroma" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $10.50 - Original price $96.75Original price$10.50 - $96.75$10.50 - $96.75Current price $10.50| /In stockBanna aged ripe tea from Xinghai tea factory in Menghai (Xishuangbanna). This is a lovely pungent and thick Menghai area ripe tea that has mature...
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2008 Xinghai Grade 7 Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $41.25 - Original price $41.25Original price$41.25$41.25 - $41.25Current price $41.25| /Produced by the Xinghai Tea Factory in Menghai. Xinghai is one of the original private tea factories founded in the early 1990's by members of th...
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2008 Xinghai "Bu Lang Da Shu" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $7.75 - Original price $60.50Original price$7.75 - $60.50$7.75 - $60.50Current price $7.75| /In stockAnother Xinghai production, but this time made entirely from fermented Bu Lang mountain material. Strong thick taste with a good amount of bitter...
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2008 Xinghai "Dian Shui Liu Xiang" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $53.25 - Original price $53.25Original price$53.25$53.25 - $53.25Current price $53.25| /"Dian Shui Liu Xiang" means "A Little Water, Lasting Aroma." This lovely ripe cake has been aged for 7 years in tropical Guangdong province of Ch...
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2005 Xinghai Menghai Qi Zi Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $8.50 - Original price $70.00Original price$8.50 - $70.00$8.50 - $70.00Current price $8.50| /Classic Xinghai ripe pu-erh production. Entirely Menghai area tea leaves fermented in the Xinghai tea factory (in Menghai town). Aged for 9 year...
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2004 Mengyang "Aged Aroma" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $13.25 - Original price $133.00Original price$13.25 - $133.00$13.25 - $133.00Current price $13.25| /In stockFrom the Mengyang Guoyan Tea Factory, this lovely Banna Aged ripe pu-erh tea cake is perfect to enjoy right now! Dong Guoyan is an ex-Menghai te...
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2014 Tieguoli "Lun Dao" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Menghai
Original price $39.75 - Original price $39.75Original price$39.75$39.75 - $39.75Current price $39.75| /Entirely wild arbor tea leaves from Gelanghe area of Menghai. 60 year old tea trees and bushes spring 2014 harvest tea expertly fermented in Meng...
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2010 Long Xin Tang Gong Ting Ripe Pu-erh tea cake of Menghai
Original price $6.25 - Original price $46.25Original price$6.25 - $46.25$6.25 - $46.25Current price $6.25| /In stockA "gong ting" (tribute grade) heavy recipe made from Menghai area harvested and fermented tea leaves. Strong taste with alot of sweetness and som...
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2009 Long Xin Tang "Nan Nuo Shan" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $6.50 - Original price $48.50Original price$6.50 - $48.50$6.50 - $48.50Current price $6.50| /Made entirely from spring harvest Nan Nuo Mountain tea leaves, picked, processed and sun-dried, then fermented for 48 days in a nearby Menghai are...
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Tangerine Stuffed with 4 Years Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $8.75 - Original price $72.50Original price$8.75 - $72.50$8.75 - $72.50Current price $8.75| /Just like the name says! 4 Years aged in a loose leaf form from a Menghai wet piling batch of Ripe Pu-erh was stuffed in a tangerine and cured fo...
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8 Years Aged "Menghai Grade 3" Ripe Loose Leaf Pu-erh Tea
Original price $7.75 - Original price $99.00Original price$7.75 - $99.00$7.75 - $99.00Current price $7.75| /This is from a small Menghai area tea factory where tea from all over Menghai county in Xishuangbanna (Bu Lang, Ba Da, Nan Nuo and other areas) un...
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2014 Yong Pin Hao Menghai Qi Zi Bing 1401 Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $37.50 - Original price $37.50Original price$37.50$37.50 - $37.50Current price $37.50| /Out of stockA lovely tea fermented from Menghai and Yi Wu area 2013 material. Pressed in 2014 (Batch 1401), this is pretty much drinkable now but will age and...
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2013 Yong Pin Hao Menghai Qi Zi Bing 131 Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $46.00 - Original price $46.00Original price$46.00$46.00 - $46.00Current price $46.00| /A lovely tea fermented from Menghai and Yi Wu area 2012 material. Pressed in 2013 (Batch 131), this is pretty much drinkable now but will age and ...
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2012 Yong Pin Hao Menghai Qi Zi Bing 121 Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $53.25 - Original price $53.25Original price$53.25$53.25 - $53.25Current price $53.25| /In stockA lovely tea fermented from Menghai and Yi Wu area 2011 material. Pressed in 2012 (Batch 121), this is pretty much drinkable now but will age and ...
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2015 Yunnan Sourcing "Hui Run" Ripe Pu-erh tea cake of Bu Lang Mountain
Original price $12.00 - Original price $106.75Original price$12.00 - $106.75$12.00 - $106.75Current price $12.00| /We are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2015 Bu Lang mountain material. First flush material was collecte...
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2015 Yunnan Sourcing Menghai Lao Cha Tou Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $59.00 - Original price $59.00Original price$59.00$59.00 - $59.00Current price $59.00| /Cha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typic...
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2014 Yunnan Sourcing Year of the Horse Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $8.75 - Original price $69.25Original price$8.75 - $69.25$8.75 - $69.25Current price $8.75| /In stockA special release for 2014, the Year of the Horse. This is a lovely ripe pu-erh cake composed entirely of Menghai area harvested and fermented tea...
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2014 Yunnan Sourcing Menghai Lao Cha Tou Ripe Pu-erh tea brick
Original price $10.25 - Original price $62.75Original price$10.25 - $62.75$10.25 - $62.75Current price $10.25| /In stockCha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typic...
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2013 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Dian Hong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $20.00 - Original price $129.75Original price$20.00 - $129.75$20.00 - $129.75Current price $20.00| /In stockOur fifth year in production "Yi Dian Hong" aka Little Red is a great choice for a high quality but affordable ripe pu-erh tea from Menghai. This...
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2013 Yunnan Sourcing "Hui Run" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Bu Lang Mountain
Original price $13.50 - Original price $129.75Original price$13.50 - $129.75$13.50 - $129.75Current price $13.50| /Out of stockWe are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2012 Bu Lang mountain material. First flush material was collected...
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2010 Haiwan "Pu-erh Square Brick" Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $19.25 - Original price $19.25Original price$19.25$19.25 - $19.25Current price $19.25| /In stockThis little brick is early spring tea of Menghai, picked in a 1 leaf to 1 bud ratio. This type of picking gives the tea a tippy look and feel with ...
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2012 Guan Zi Zai "Qi Zi Bing" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $50.75 - Original price $50.75Original price$50.75$50.75 - $50.75Current price $50.75| /In stock2011 fermented Menghai area material was blended and pressed into these lovely cakes. The taste is creamy with a slight hint of toasted bean and a ...
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2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Cha Tou Brick" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $11.25 - Original price $75.00Original price$11.25 - $75.00$11.25 - $75.00Current price $11.25| /In stockCha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typica...
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2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Dian Hong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake
Original price $20.50 - Original price $135.50Original price$20.50 - $135.50$20.50 - $135.50Current price $20.50| /In stockOur 2012 "Little Bit of Red" production is made entirely from Menghai area material fermented in 2009 and 2010. Similar to last year's blend, but ...
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2016 Hai Lang Hao "Lao Man E" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $20.00 - Original price $653.50Original price$20.00 - $653.50$20.00 - $653.50Current price $20.00| /In stockEntirely Lao Man E old plantation material Lao Man E village in the Bu Lang mountains. Lao Man E is a village in the Bu Lang Mountain range, not f...
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2016 Menghai "Aged Aroma" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $50.00 - Original price $50.00Original price$50.00$50.00 - $50.00Current price $50.00| /In stock"Yue Chen Yue Xiang" means "The Older, the More Aromatic". This is the first thing that I ever learned about Pu-erh tea. In 1996 I went to the c...
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2015 Menghai "Elephant Mountain" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price$40.00$40.00 - $40.00Current price $40.00| /In stockElephant Mountain is a small Dai minority village community in Menghai County with a Dai Temple of some renown. It's also a tea growing area and ...
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2015 Menghai "Sui Yue" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $46.25 - Original price $46.25Original price$46.25$46.25 - $46.25Current price $46.25| /In stockA new for 2015 production from Menghai Tea Factory (Da Yi Brand). "Sui Yue" means both time and timelessness. It's meant to express continuity f...
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2006 YiPinTang "Menghai Lao Shu" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $6.00 - Original price $63.00Original price$6.00 - $63.00$6.00 - $63.00Current price $6.00| /In stockYi Pin Tang is a brand and tea factory in Menghai town in Xishuangbanna. They specialize in Ripe Pu-erh and their wet piling process is overseen b...
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2009 Nan Qiao "Wu Yin Cha Pin" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $8.00 - Original price $63.00Original price$8.00 - $63.00$8.00 - $63.00Current price $8.00| /In stockNan Qiao is a medium size tea factory in Menghai town of Xishuangbanna. It specializes in ripe pu-erh tea wet piling and does many productions of...
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2002 Gu Fo Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick of Menghai
Original price $12.25 - Original price $94.25Original price$12.25 - $94.25$12.25 - $94.25Current price $12.25| /In stockThis tea brick has been aged for 15 years in Guangdong dry storage. The tea is ripened tea leaves from Menghai area tea leaves. The leaves are c...
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2004 Nan Qiao "Fu Dao" Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $9.50 - Original price $88.25Original price$9.50 - $88.25$9.50 - $88.25Current price $9.50| /In stock"Fu Dao" 福到refers to the turning upside down of the "福" character which means Prosperity Arrives! Nan Qiao tea factory is an older more establishe...
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2013 Huang Ying Tea House "Red Seal" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $5.00 - Original price $5.00Original price$5.00$5.00 - $5.00Current price $5.00| /Out of stockThis is a small production tea that is made entirely from Menghai area material. Huang Ying has been an connoisseur of fine teas for well over a d...
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2013 Huang Ying Menghai Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Brick
Original price $15.75 - Original price $144.00Original price$15.75 - $144.00$15.75 - $144.00Current price $15.75| /In stockThe tea is entirely Menghai area material fermented at Xinghai tea factory and then aged 2 years before pressing. Medium level fermentation and h...
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2012 Ye Zhuang Shuang Li "Yu Gong Jin Zhuan" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick
Original price $24.75 - Original price $45.75Original price$24.75 - $45.75$24.75 - $45.75Current price $24.75| /In stockThis bamboo leaf wrapped tea is a meticulously fermented ripe tea from a prominent Menghai area tea factory (Ye Zhuang Shuang Li). Composed of a ...
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2011 Ye Zhuang Shuang Li "Menghai Fang Cha" Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $23.00 - Original price $109.00Original price$23.00 - $109.00$23.00 - $109.00Current price $23.00| /In stockA special production by Ye Zhuang Shuang Li tea factory of Menghai. Spring 2011 fermented material has been pressed into these lovely 200 gram squ...
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2013 Hai Lang Hao "Bu Lang Old Tree Brick" Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $25.25 - Original price $447.75Original price$25.25 - $447.75$25.25 - $447.75Current price $25.25| /In stockComposed entirely from wild arbor fermented spring 2012 tea leaves from Bu Lang Mountains of Menghai. 3000 kilograms of was gathered from the spr...
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2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Yi Dian Hong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake
Original price $22.75 - Original price $145.50Original price$22.75 - $145.50$22.75 - $145.50Current price $22.75| /In stockOur 2011 "Little Bit of Red" production is made entirely from Menghai area material fermented in 2009. It's a variation on last year's production, ...
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2011 Yunnan Sourcing "Hui Run" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Bu Lang Mountain
Original price $14.50 - Original price $144.25Original price$14.50 - $144.25$14.50 - $144.25Current price $14.50| /In stockWe are excited to offer this premium ripe pu-erh cake made entirely from Spring 2011 Bu Lang Mountain material. First flush material was collected...
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2005 Hai Lang Hao "Jin Se Zhen Ming" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake of Menghai
Original price $10.75 - Original price $99.25Original price$10.75 - $99.25$10.75 - $99.25Current price $10.75| /In stockA high quality slightly aged ripe pu-erh tea cake from Hai Lang Hao! 2005 fermented material from Menghai in Xishuangbanna was blended to create Ha...
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2016 Menghai "Wu Kong" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Mini Cake
Original price $16.00 - Original price $16.00Original price$16.00$16.00 - $16.00Current price $16.00| /Out of stockMenghai tea factory has always been at the forefront of the process of creating ripe pu-erh tea through "wet piling". Their expertise at selecting ...
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2016 Menghai "Chen Xiang Ya Yun" Aged Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price$55.00$55.00 - $55.00Current price $55.00| /In stock"Chen Xiang Ya Yun" means Aged Aroma Elegance! This is a one time recipe from Menghai Tea Factory that is a blend of 5 years and older aged ripe pu...
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2016 Menghai "Hui Zhi Yun" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $46.25 - Original price $46.25Original price$46.25$46.25 - $46.25Current price $46.25| /In stockHui Zhi Yun is a new recipe for 2016 from Menghai Tea Factory. Ripe pu-erh leaves aged 1 to 3 years blended together to create a robust taste with ...
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2016 Menghai "Ba Ji Pu Bing" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $35.25 - Original price $35.25Original price$35.25$35.25 - $35.25Current price $35.25| /Out of stockA modern classic of Da Yi! The first and previous time "Ba Ji Pu Bing was produced was 2005. The 2005 version became a modern classic and has incre...
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2016 Menghai "7572" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $67.00 - Original price $67.00Original price$67.00$67.00 - $67.00Current price $67.00| /In stockA classic recipe from Menghai. This is an average blend of 7th grade material that was fermented last year, so the cake does not have that just fer...
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2014 Menghai Lao Cha Tou Brick * Ripe Pu-erh Tea
Original price $21.00 - Original price $21.00Original price$21.00$21.00 - $21.00Current price $21.00| /In stockCha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typica...
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2013 Menghai Wei Zui Yan Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake
Original price $39.50 - Original price $39.50Original price$39.50$39.50 - $39.50Current price $39.50| /Out of stockWei Zui Yan means "Strongest Taste". Menghai tea factory first produced this blend in both raw and ripe form in 2006. This 2013 Ripe cake has a str...
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