Mengku Tea Growing Area
Drunk on Tea Tea Cake
Lincang County, 2009

• Lincang County, Yunnan Province, China

• Sheng 'raw' Pu-erh

• Produced by the Shuangjiang Mengku Tea Company

• A high-quality cake made from blended man cha that is comprised of mature broad leaf and young spring buds gathered from tea trees throughout Lincang County

• Pressed in 2009: light/medium compression. It is possible to gently bend back and forth to loosed the interlocking tea leaves and break the cake into large pieces or use a Pu-erh cake breaking tool ( un-sharp knife ) but the thick size of this large cake requires some strength to do it

• Rich, full-bodied liquor, underscored with pleasant earthiness. Lots of good cha qi from the mature leaves present in the cake. The maturity shows in the color of the leaf present in the cake

• Clean, appealing, woodsy aromatics

• A large wild-arbor leaf is pressed into the front of the cake to authenticate the presence of wild-arbor leaf in this cake. The red ribbon denotes that this is a specific special blend or recipe, which distinguishes the taste of this tuo cha from others made by this tea factory

• Opinion: Drink now or let it age

This is a large, oversized beeng cha weighing in at 660 grams ( 1.45 pounds )

Infuse many times with very hot water.