Aged Shou Tuocha — 2012 Vintage — Ripe cake · pile-fermented, then rested

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Pu-erh · Menghai, Yunnan

Aged Shou Tuocha — 2012 Vintage

Ripe cake · pile-fermented, then rested

4.4 · 13 reviews

CAD 118.00$

Pile-fermented in weeks rather than decades, then rested for years until the fermentation settles into earth and old wood.

Dark and earthyOld woodRestedNo bitterness

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Origin: Menghai, Yunnan
Altitude: 1,400 m
Cultivar: Menghai big-leaf
Harvest: 2012 pick, stored dry since — 14 years in the leaf
Oxidation: Post-fermented, long-aged
Roast: None
Caffeine: Moderate
Liquor: Deep, almost ink-black with a red rim
SKU: CY-PE-L05

Ripe pu-erh is accelerated deliberately: the leaf is piled, wetted and turned until it ferments in weeks rather than decades. Done well, and then rested for years to let the fermentation settle, it gives the dark, earthy, almost petrichor depth of an old tea without the wait. Done badly it tastes of the wet floor of a cellar, which is why we taste every lot before it is pressed.

Aged Shou Tuo 2008 itself comes from Menghai, Yunnan, grown as menghai big-leaf, at 1,400 m. This lot is that same tea, handled and graded as described above — the leaf, the mountain and the maker do not change, only the picking window and the price.

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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