2023 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Man'e Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

This is purely Lao Man'e village ripe pu-erh tea harvested in spring 2022 and then wet piled in the late summer of 2022.

Entirely Lao Man'e old plantation material from Lao Man'e village in the Bu Lang mountains. Lao Man'e is a village in the Bu Lang Mountain range, not far from Lao Ban Zhang and also quite near Jie Liang village. Lao Man'e tea is something in between the extreme bitterness of Jie Liang tea and the bitterness with fast and sweet huigan of Lao Ban Zhang tea.

This is a very strong tasting ripe tea with a creamy thick taste and feel to it. It's very infusable going many rounds before losing its powerful taste and aroma. With age it will become more infusable, more complex and more aromatic. The cha qi is all enveloping, but not overpowering. The tea settles into the mouth and body in a very nice way.

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

80 kilograms in total (400 cakes)

Wrapper Design by Rising Red Lotus

Previous year pressings:

2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Man'e Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

2021 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Man'e Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

2022 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Man'e Village" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory for 404 pesticides, and is within the EU MRL limits set for those 404 pesticide residues. For a full list of the 404 pesticides we tested for and more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.