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2018 Shou Pu-erh Tea Bar (90g)

2018 Shou Pu-erh Tea Bar (90g)

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Product Overview

Harvested from 100+ year old ancient tea trees in Yunnan, this 2018 Ripe Pu-erh is smooth, mellow, and naturally sweet. Pressed into a chocolate-style tea bar, each 5g piece makes brewing effortless — just drop one into hot water and let it steep. Especially suited for slow thermal brewing, the tea reveals a rich, rounded flavour with comforting depth and sweetness.

PRODUCT Details
  • Origin: Yunnan, China
  • Altitude: 1400m+
  • Year: 2018
  • Type: Ripe (Shou) Pu-erh
  • Form: 90 g chocolate-style tea bar (18 pieces × 5 g)
  • Processing: Wet piling (Wo Dui) fermentation, hand-pressed
  • Tasting Notes: Sweet, smooth, deep, and rounded

Why We Love This Tea
  • Specially crafted for slow thermal or simmer-style brewing — the longer it steeps, the sweeter and rounder it becomes.
  • Fermented with living mountain spring water from the same highlands where the tea trees grow, using a clean, off-ground Wo Dui fermentation process.
  • Naturally dry-aged for years, creating a smooth, pure, and deeply comforting tea.
  • Chocolate-style tea bar shape makes brewing simple and practical — one piece, one pot.

  • Ripe Pu-erh may help with:
    • Digestion after meals
    • Supporting metabolism and circulation
    • Maintaining healthy blood sugar and cholesterol levels
    • Naturally high GABA content and lower caffeine due to fermentation
chinese medicine aspects

Meridian: Shaoyin (Heart, Kidney), spleen

Nature: warming

Taste: Sweet, blend

Functions:

  • Promotes transformation & transportation
  • Drys the dampness
  • Enters the vessels and descends downward
Brewing Instructions

Teapot / Gaiwan (Gongfu Style):

• 1g tea : 25ml water

• 100°C water

• Rinse quickly, then steep for 15 seconds

• Add 5–10 seconds per infusion

• Steep 8+ times

Thermos (Daily Use):

• 1g tea : 200ml water

• Rinse briefly and discard

• Steep for 15–20 minutes

• Refill when 1/3 remains

• Enjoy 2–3 infusions

These are gentle guidelines - explore different temperatures and ratios to discover the tea's unique character and your own way of enjoying it.

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