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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
Origin
Yunnan, China
Harvest
2019
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ChocolateFruityLicorice
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This ripe Pu-erh from the Meng Song area offers a wonderfully thick tea soup. Expect rich notes of dark chocolate with a unique bitter-sweet interplay, culminating in a fast hui gan and a pleasant hint of licorice in the aftertaste.
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About This Tea
What does 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Meng Song" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake taste like?
This ripe Pu-erh from the Meng Song area offers a wonderfully thick tea soup. Expect rich notes of dark chocolate with a unique bitter-sweet interplay, culminating in a fast hui gan and a pleasant hin. It leans chocolate, fruity and licorice.
How should I brew 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Meng Song" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake?
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 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Meng Song" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake come from?
Grown in Yunnan, China. This batch is from the 2019 harvest.
How much does 2020 Yunnan Sourcing "Meng Song" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake cost?
Starts at $9.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.23/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.38 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.
$9.50$0.23/g