Pu-erh · Pu'er, China
Ripe Pu-erh
Moderate caffeine
A post-fermented tea with an earthy profile, dark liquor, and a rounded body.
Recipe
- Temperature
- 99 °C · 210 °F
- Leaf
- 5 g
- Water
- 220 ml
- First steep
- 0:25
- Each next steep
- +0:10
- Steeps
- 12
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Brew guide
Use boiling water and short repeated infusions to keep the cup balanced.
Aroma notes
forest floor · date · dark wood
Tasting notes
earthy sweetness · smooth body · soft lingering finish
Harvest
March–May · September–October
Making
Planting 
Plucking 
Withering 
Rolling 
Wet pile 
Sorting
Origin
Yunnan Highlands · China
In Yunnan the tropic brings the sun and altitude brings the cool nights. The big leaf takes its time to thicken.
Lore
Pu-erh once aged slowly along the caravan roads out of Yunnan. In 1973, Menghai's factories learned to hasten it with wo dui, the wet pile, reaching shou pu-erh's dark, cellared calm in weeks.
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