2018 Shou Pu-erh Tea Bar (90g)
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.
Product Overview
PRODUCT Details
Why We Love This Tea
chinese medicine aspects
Brewing Instructions