2024 Yunnan Sourcing "Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

This year's Impression cake is a blend of tea leaves entirely harvested during the first flush of spring 2024. The blend is sourced from tea gardens in Menghai, Yi Wu, Mengku, Lancang, Wuliang, and Jinggu tea gardens.

The tea has been grown naturally and processed in the traditional method. We blended various teas together to achieve a powerful blend that has strong mouth feeling, cha qi and a balanced sweet, bitter and astringent profile.

In 2012 I created the first impression blend to be an alternative to a Xiaguan or Da Yi 7542, but it has far surpassed those mass market teas in both quality and value! I also feel strongly that this tea being very strong in aroma, mouthfeel, bitter/astringent, infusability and Cha Qi, makes it a good choice for long-term aging!

Check out the previous year's of our "Impression" series:

2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2014 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2015 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2017 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2018 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Spring Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2019 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Spring Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2020 Yunnan Sourcing Impression Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Gold Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Silver Impression" Raw Pu-erh Tea Cake

Wrapper Illustration by Rising Red Lotus

April 2024 Harvest

357 Grams per cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Stone-Pressed in the traditional way

400 Kilograms in total produced (1120 Cakes)

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory and has passed the MRL limits for 404 pesticide residues as established by the EU Food and Safety commission. For more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.