2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Meng Song" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake Region_Shandong The tea itself is burly

The tea itself is burly and largish attesting to it's originating from mature tea trees (not plantation tea)

The 2005 production and this one are the same recipe

The process is repeated many times until the tea has been heavily roasted and becomes almost black in color

but will fade gradually as the tea ages

but once brought together the bitterness is less intense

2019 Yunnan Sourcing "Meng Song" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake Region_Shandong The tea itself is burlyThis ripe cake is pressed a from a wet pile batch done entirely from Meng Song area (Menghai County) tea leaves harvested in 2018 and wet piled in late 2018! Meng Song ripe tea has a very potent cha qi, with a thick tea soup, dark chocolate like bitterness and fruity sweetness. Pure Meng Song ripe tea is relatively rare. It has a unique bitter sweet character with a fast hui gan and a touch of licorice sweet after taste. For those of you who purchase