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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
Origin
Yunnan, China
Harvest
2004
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FruityEarthySweet
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This aged ripe Pu-erh brick from Menghai offers a complex character, balancing a mild chocolatey bitterness with significant fruity sweetness and a delicate hardwood oiliness. It produces a thick, full-bodied tea soup with a remarkably long-lasting huigan, making it an excellent choice for extended steeping.
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About This Tea
What does 2004 Menghai Bamboo Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick taste like?
This aged ripe Pu-erh brick from Menghai offers a complex character, balancing a mild chocolatey bitterness with significant fruity sweetness and a delicate hardwood oiliness. It produces a thick, ful. It leans fruity, earthy and sweet.
How should I brew 2004 Menghai Bamboo Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick?
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 2004 Menghai Bamboo Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick come from?
Grown in Yunnan, China. This batch is from the 2004 harvest.
How much does 2004 Menghai Bamboo Leaf Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick cost?
Starts at $8.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.21/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.26 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.
$8.00$0.21/g