7581 Shu (Ripe) Puer Tea Brick 2018 250 gr

This brick of 7581 Shu Puer was produced in 2018. The tea has an intense color between mahogany and dark red: it reveals a soft and sweet taste, with a note of undergrowth that hardly goes unnoticed. The pressed leaves come from the crop located in the mountainous area around the city of Menghai in southern Yunnan.

Tasting – Sight and smell

The leaves of puer shu 7581 tea, pressed and very compact, have various shades of brown ranging from dark mahogany, almost black, to chestnut with bronze reflections: you can also see numerous golden buds. On the nose, the moist leaves are extremely aromatic: they smell of damp earth, leather, incense and burnt wood and already hint at the sweetness of the liquor. In the cup the tea takes on a color between mahogany and dark red, with bright amber reflections. The body is dense, soft and enveloping like velvet on the palate.

Tasting Notes

GONG FU CHA

The first infusion of 7581 shu puer tea is sweet, with notes of fragrant wood, wet earth and camphor. With the second infusion appears a rather pronounced empyreumatic note, with hints of smoked wood and pine bark. The third infusion and the following ones have hints of leather and a savory and dense sweetness that sometimes recalls peanut butter. On the finish it is now possible to perceive notes of incense.

WESTERN

The first sip of 7581 shu puer tea is characterized by an intense sweetness, reminiscent of forest honeydew: the sweetness then evolves into a light flavor, with mineral notes well present. On the palate there are now also hints of moist earth, undergrowth and young leather, followed by notes of camphor, sandalwood, burnt and smoked wood. The persistence is sweet and reminiscent of the taste of licorice sticks.

Place of origin

Menghai, Yunnan, China

How to prepare

We strongly recommend infusing 7581 shu puer tea in the traditional Chinese method (gong fu cha) to better enjoy these leaves. Following this preparation, 5 grams of leaves can be used in a 150-mL gaiwan to make multiple infusions with different flavors. After a quick rinse of the leaves in water at 95°C, an initial infusion of 20 seconds can be made, and after that, keeping the water at the same temperature, the time can be increased each time by 5 seconds from the previous infusion (20 – 25 – 30 …).

This tea has a longevity of about 8 infusions.

For a classic preparation according to the Western style, we recommend 3 grams of leaves in a 200-mL cup with 95°C water for an infusion time of one and a half minutes.

The tea can be filtered for greater ease at the moment of tasting, and also the infusion times indicated above are intended to be purely indicative, so you can also adjust according to your personal taste.

It is recommended to store 7581 shu puer tea in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight