Aged Shou Tuo 2008 — Bird’s nest tuo cha · 16 years old

16 years agedDry Kunming storageCollector

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Pu-erh · Menghai, Yunnan

Aged Shou Tuo 2008

Bird’s nest tuo cha · 16 years old

5.0 · 9 reviews

CAD 26.00$

Sixteen years of dry Kunming storage turned this tuo into something closer to old books and Chinese medicine than tea.

Old booksGinsengSandalwoodDried citrus peelMedicinal warmth

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Origin: Menghai, Yunnan
Altitude: 1,400 m
Cultivar: Menghai big-leaf
Harvest: Pile-fermented 2008, stored in Kunming since
Oxidation: Post-fermented, long-aged
Roast: None
Caffeine: Moderate
Liquor: Deep, almost ink-black with a red rim
SKU: CY-PE-003

A tuo cha is the little bowl-shaped brick that pu-erh was traditionally traded in. This one was pile-fermented in Menghai in 2008 and has since sat in dry Kunming storage — cool, stable, no warehouse mustiness — for well over a decade.

Age has done what nothing else can. The cup is thick and dark, tasting of old books, ginseng, sandalwood and dried citrus peel, with a sweetness that arrives long after you swallow and an almost medicinal warmth that spreads through the chest. This is the tea to drink when you want to be quiet.

Gaiwan: 7 g · 150 ml · 100 °C · rinse twice, then 20 s, +10 s · 15+ infusions
Western: 5 g per 300 ml · 100 °C · 4–5 min
Vessel: Yixing zisha, dedicated; pre-heat thoroughly

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