Pu-erh Cakes

Yunnan Chitsu Pingcha is produced from pu-erh tea through a process of special fermentation, aging, steaming and compressing. It's characterized by a bright red-yellow infusion, pure-high aroma and sweet mellow taste. It promotes digestion, is thirst-quenching and is even used to cure hang-overs. Drinking daily may also aide in weight-loss.

$56.00 Kunming Black Pu-erh | 350g Cake

Yunnan Chitsu Pingcha is produced from pu-erh tea, through a process of special fermentation, aging, steaming and compressing. It’s characterized by a bright red-yellow infusion, pure-high aroma and sweet mellow taste. It promotes digestion, is thirst-quenching and is even used to cure hang-overs. Drinking daily may also aide in wight-loss.

$56.00 Guangnan Green Pu-erh | 350g Cake

Yunnan Chitsu Pingcha is produced from pu-erh tea, through a process of special fermentation, aging, steaming and compressing. It's characterized by a bright red-yellow infusion, pure-high aroma and sweet mellow taste. It promotes digestion, is thirst-quenching, and is even used to cure hangovers. Drinking daily may also aide in weight-loss.

$56.00 Wenshan White Pu-erh | 350g Cake

In some parts of China, a popular custom is to give oranges as a gift on special occasions. The reason is that in Chinese, the word for orange sounds like "Ji" which means "good luck." One of the things you'll notice about this tea when you brew it is the absence of the heavy musty flavor characteristic of traditional pu-erh. Certainly this character is still there but it is layered beneath sweet notes of citrus, the result of being packed in the mandarin orange before fermentation. As the tea ages, it absorbs the flavor of the peel.

$4.00 Black Pu-Erh: Mandarin Orange

Mandarin packed pu-erh is one of China's more unique tea offerings. What's even better than the way this tea looks, is how it tastes.

The tea-packed oranges are stored in a cool dry location, allowing the tea to ferment and dry within the peel. As the tea ages, the peel and leaf both turn a deep brown. Fermenting in this manner infuses the leaf of earthy pu-erh with highlights of light citrus notes. The brew is clear, tending, golden yellow.

NOTE: Orange peel is not intended for consumption.

$4.00 Green Pu-Erh: Mandarin Orange

This aged Yunnan puerh is shaped in small bowls, or "bird's nests." Use one bowl per small pot. This is a strong, earthy, flavored tea, with a surprising bright finish.

*Approximately 6 tuo chas per ounce.

**Each tuo cha is approximately 3 grams.

$4.75 Puerh Tuo Cha

Making tea cakes is a traditional art form in Yunnan, China. The leaves of this tea were grown at a high elevation garden on Wuliang Mountain and processed at a Puer factory in Simao, a district in Puer City. Although it began as a way to preserve tea traveling in caravans over long distances, the art of making Puer tea cakes has continued into modern day.

$52.00 Simao RAW Puerh | 200g Cake

The depth and mystique of these aged leaves produce a full-bodied cup with a mellow stillness in the mouthfeel. The heavy tobacco character focuses the mind with a touch of plums to soften its edge. An old tea with stories to tell.

$75.00 The Edge of the World - Raw (Sheng) | 357g Cake

A mysterious cup that seems to float in a mouthfeel of mountain mist. The character of oak cask, aged plums, and citrus rind vanish into a divine and cleansing finish.

$30.00 Everlasting - Raw (Sheng) | 200g Cake

A cup of sweet pine and barely ripe apricot with a spruced-up mouthfeel. Insightfully stimulating, but be careful what you ask it.

$22.00 Fortune Teller - Raw (Sheng) | 200g Cake

The earthy, floral aroma is reminiscent of a nursery in springtime. The mouthfeel is soft and relaxed. The cup character is notable in its sweetness and slightly nutty with a mossy and fragrant finish.

$62.00 Dragon's Shadow - Ripe (Shu) | 357g Cake

The earthy, floral aroma is reminiscent of a nursery in springtime. The mouthfeel is soft and relaxed. The cup character is notable in its sweetness and slightly nutty with a mossy and fragrant finish.

$30.00 Carnival - Ripe (Shu) | 200g Cake

A fine intro to raw puer and a great daily-drinker. It has the classic aroma of under-ripened apricots and a cup character of a wild jungle.

$30.00 Tea Horse - Raw (Sheng) | 250g Cake

The body is light and clear-eyed with a dry texture of fruits whose sugars remain hidden. It is young and supple, not quite its full strength, but the subtle presence of smoke, pine, and wild game hint at the potential it preserves.

$21.00 Reverence - Raw (Sheng) | 200g Cake

When properly tamed, this lush and formidable tea has a graceful charm. Aromatics of fermented fruit and juniper show up in each cup and the mouthfeel lurks long afterwards. Stronger steeps unleash more of its power, if you choose.

$86.00 Tiger Hunter - Raw (Sheng) | 357g Cake