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2017 Menghai Ripe Puerh — Matured Beauty

"A strong, consistent taste of high-quality aged Puerh." This ripe Puerh is patience made drinkable. I consider it a small, perfect proof that time is an ingredient, not just a wait. When brewed quick and hot (95°C, flash infusions), its tea-chi is steady and grounding — the chi of Old Earth, settled and sure.

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The Power of Old Earth

Each 8g cake is a single harvest folded into a single serving — a direct connection to the 2017 Menghai leaf, fermented in 2018 and quietly refined through six years of dry-warehouse aging. Nothing measured out, nothing left to guesswork: one cake, one brew, one complete expression of Menghai's fermentation craft.

The tea liquor glows a deep chestnut red, offering pure aged aroma, silky sweetness, and a warm, lingering finish. Jujube notes and woody sweetness unfold into a texture that melts in the mouth, while the throat carries a persistent, gentle sweetness long after the cup is empty. Five years of aging has worn away all trace of the raw, restless edge young ripe tea can carry — what remains is smooth, composed, and deep.

A tea that asks nothing of you but a kettle and a few minutes — this is quiet luxury built for precision and ease alike.

Benefits
  • Warm, grounding comfort — a traditional "warm nature" tea believed to settle the stomach and steady the body.
  • Smooth, mellow sweetness without bitterness — five years of dry aging soften the fermentation into something rounded and gentle.
  • Effortless precision — an 8g single-serving cake means no scale, no guesswork, just consistent quality every time.
Brewing Guide

Basic Parameters

Leaf amount: 8g per cake (one cake = one brew, no measuring needed) Water temperature: 95°C, hot and ready — ripe Puerh wants heat Steeping time by style Gaiwan / Yixing pot (quick infusions): Rinse briefly, then pour hot water in and out right away Early steeps: taste the smooth, mellow body Middle steeps: taste the fuller sweetness come through Simmered / covered brewing: Break the cake roughly in half if steeping longer, and increase the water added Even simmered a while, the liquor stays sweet and rounded, never astringent Suited for: desk-side brewing, travel and business trips, tea gatherings, and anyone new to Puerh looking for a reliable, standardized first cup.
Tasting Notes

A pure, aged aroma of jujube and warm wood, deep and settled, with the mellow sweetness that only patient dry-aging can bring.

  • Sourced from Menghai, aged with intention — 2017 leaf, fermented in 2018, pressed in 2019, and rested through six years of dry-warehouse aging.
  • A cake built for the moment — small enough for a desk drawer, a suitcase, or a single gaiwan, without sacrificing depth.
  • Fermentation done right — the signature jujube and woody-sweet notes of true Menghai craft, fully realized rather than rushed.
Shipping & Returns

Orders are packed with care and shipped from our studio. If anything arrives less than perfect, write to us and we will make it right.

Tea Specs

TypeRipe Pu'er
OriginMenghai
Harvest2017
Water temperature95°C
Leaf amount8g per cake (one cake = one brew)

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Our Impact

For us, a great ripe Puerh is not made in a single season — it's made in the patience to let it become itself. This cake carries 2017 Menghai leaf through its full journey: picked, fermented in 2018, pressed in 2019, and rested for five years in a dry warehouse until the rough edges of youth had fully given way to depth and calm.

Nothing blended in, nothing rushed along — a single origin, a single fermentation, refined only by time. Each 8g cake is our way of making that patience portable, so the craft of Menghai fermentation can sit in your pocket, your office drawer, or your travel bag, ready whenever you are.