Menghai Gold Bud Shu (cooked) Puer Tea Cake 2021 357gr

Menghai Gold Bud Shu Puer Tea Cake was made from tea buds picked and processed early in the spring season. A multitude of gems embellishes the cake, naturally coloring it gold. The pressed leaves come from the mountainous area around the city of Menghai in southern Yunnan. The tea has a smooth, sweet taste with an enveloping body reminiscent of autumn walks in the woods.

Place of origin

Menghai, Yunnan, China

How to prepare

We highly recommend infusing this tea in the traditional Chinese method (gong fu cha) to best enjoy these leaves. Following this preparation, 5 grams of leaves (about 4 teaspoons) can be used in a gaiwan of about 150 ml to make several infusions with different tastes. After a quick rinse of the leaves in 95°C water, 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 compared to the previous infusion (20 – 25 – 30 …)

This tea has a longevity of about 8 infusions.

For a classic preparation in the Western style, we recommend 3 grams of leaves (about 2 teaspoons) 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.

Store in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.