Down to Earth | Ripe (Shu) Puer Tea
This perfect daily companion. Steeped as long as you wish without any bitterness. The full-bodied cup, earthy aromatics, and barnyard character will make you feel right at home.
Harvested May 4, 2023 and finished post fermentation on July 1, 2023. Produced by Mr. Liu Zhao Quan in Da Ping Zhang Village, Puer City, Yunnan Province. It’s a one bud, two leaf pick of the Yunnan Big Leaf cultivar growing at 4,900 feet.
All ripe puer comes from the Xishuangbanna region of southern Yunnan Province, China. It starts out as raw puer (simple green tea), but then goes through a final step of “pile fermentation” where they pile it up, apply moisture, and cover it for a period of time to achieve microbiological change. The result is intensely earthy and smooth.
Ingredients: puer tea
Steeping Instructions
3 grams | 10-12 oz water | 212°F | Steep 2 min.
Traditional Steeping
Use 6 grams of tea in 150ml gaiwan using boiling water:
- Rinse - 10 seconds (discard this steep)
- 1st Steep – 20 seconds
- 2nd Steep – 15 seconds
- 3rd Steep – 45 seconds
- 4th Steep – 2 min 15 seconds
- 5th Steep – 5 min 30 seconds
Number of Cups
2 oz makes 19 cups, 4 oz makes 38 cups, 1 lb makes 151 cups