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7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
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EarthySweetBold
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This ripe pu-erh offers a deep, smooth character with notes of dark chocolate and sweet cherries. It has a comforting, bold body with a pleasant sweetness that lingers. Expected to mellow further with age, it's a satisfying daily drinker with potential for collection.
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About This Tea
What does The Taste of Menghai Ripe Pu-erh taste like?
This ripe pu-erh offers a deep, smooth character with notes of dark chocolate and sweet cherries. It has a comforting, bold body with a pleasant sweetness that lingers. Expected to mellow further with. It leans earthy, sweet and bold.
How should I brew The Taste of Menghai Ripe Pu-erh?
Water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Rinse the leaves once with boiling water before your first real steep. It cleans off storage dust and gets the flavor going.
Where does The Taste of Menghai Ripe Pu-erh come from?
Grown in Yunnan, China from the Menghai Daye cultivar. This batch is from the Autumn 2018 harvest.
How much does The Taste of Menghai Ripe Pu-erh cost?
Starts at $35.00 from Bana Tea Company, or about $0.14/g. A 250g package gets you around 42 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.84 per session. Explore more dark teas on Teadar.
$35.00$0.14/g