2016 Yunnan Sourcing "Immortal Monkey" Wild Arbor Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake

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Rating

79 / 100

Calculated from 7 Ratings
Tea type
Pu'erh Tea
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Ingredients
Pu Erh Tea
Flavors
Bitter, Coffee, Dark Bittersweet, Mineral, Sour, Sweet, Wood, Tobacco, Wet Earth, Wet Wood, Mushrooms, Nutty, Autumn Leaf Pile, Dirt, Earth, Chocolate
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Bulk, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Organic
Typical Preparation
Use 5 oz / 153 ml of water
Set water temperature to 205 °F / 96 °C
Use 9 g of tea
Steep for 1 min, 30 sec
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7 Tasting Notes View all

“I noticed recently that Yunnan Sourcing’s “Green Miracle” had sold out, so I decided to pick this one up while it was still available, just to see how the two compare. I used 12.1g in my 160ml...” Read full tasting note
“I got a sample of this tea from a friend. I tasted it with a cupping method using 5g of tea leaves for 1dl boiling water and steeping for at least 5min, leaving the leaves in the liquid to continue...” Read full tasting note
“I am fairly new to Puerh teas, and I’m not great at writing tasting notes, so take this as you will. This is an earthy, wet leafy tea. It is not too bitter, but it is strong. I don’t get fishy,...” Read full tasting note
“I’m getting sharp, woody bark and autumn leaves. It’s very nice, but nothing special. Good for when you’re distracted or eating something else.” Read full tasting note

Description

Entirely 2015 wet piled ripe pu-erh grown in a un-managed, pesticide free tea garden in Yong De area. This is from the same growing area as our “Green Miracle” cake from 2015. The wet piling was also over-seen by the same tea master as our 2015 production.

We call this tea cake “Immortal Monkey” as the scene on the wrapper loosely follow’s Sun Wu Kong’s journey to the Heavenly Kingdom to steal a peach of immortality from the orchard there. The wrapper depicts the exact moment that Sun Wu Kong has taken the peach and ponders his soon to be achieved immortality. We hope that this tea will bring you good health and that you will commune with your immortal essence while enjoying it!

The taste is thick, sweet, bitter and creamy. Being a new ripe pu-erh tea it will change and improve dramatically in the upcoming months and years!

250 grams per cake, 7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong

This tea has been tested in a certified laboratory and has passed the MRL limits for pesticide residues as established by the EU Food and Safety commission. For more information about MRL testing and the EU Food and Safety commission click on this link.

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