Puerh Tea

Puerh tea (Puer, Pu-erh) is a special type of tea from Yunnan Provice, China, which transforms naturally as it ages. Given the right mix of natural heat and humidity, natural microbes ferment the puerh leaves, transforming the freshness of a young puerh tea into the deep, earth flavours loved by conoisseurs and fans of this special tea.
We are one of only a handful of tea houses in the western world specialising in the complex and wonderful world of aged Puerh tea. Our teas are all authentic, well stored and available to purchase by the gram. We also press our own custom puerh tea cakes each year, from the leaves of ancient trees growing wild in the mountains of Yunnan.

1958 Guang Yun Gong Bing Puerh Tea

The first production of the Guang Yun Gong series of cakes

£3.54
1960's (early) Guang Yun Gong Puerh Tea

The early 60's GuangYunGong cakes are the pinnacle of the Guang Yun Gong series in my opinion. Using 100% Yunnan maocha, very little (if any) of the process used to 'pre-ferment' the later cakes, and well aged, they display a powerful qi and excellent taste.

Starting at: £3.15 per gram
1970's (early) Guang Dong Big Tuocha 250g

Produced in the early 1970's by the Guang Dong Tea Factory for export purposes, this sheng tuocha is composed entirely from buds.

Starting at: £2.45 per gram
1970's Da Ye Loose leaf Raw Puerh

The flavour is pure and clean, with slight plum notes, often found in puerh tea of this age.

The liquid is exceptionally smooth and thick, coating the mouth and throat. It is very active in the mouth.

£0.58 As low as: £0.54
1970's Tong Qing Hao

Woody flavour and excellent qi!

Starting at: £1.18 per gram
1970's Zhi Ye Loose leaf Sheng Puerh

This tea displays a thick, smooth aged flavour, offering more complexity and a pleasant medium-strong qi.

£0.58 As low as: £0.54
1980's (early) Da Ye Qing Bing

The taste is smooth, pure tasting, with a pronounced camphor flavour and with a very nice qi.

Starting at: £5.80 per gram
1980's Bamboo-wrapped Tuocha

This tuo has aged nicely, with a mellow, smooth taste, pleasant chaqi and a sweet, lasting huigan. The wet leaves are supple and nicely browned with age.

Starting at: £0.67 per gram
1980's Xiaguan Xiao Fa Tuocha Puerh Tea

The liquid is smooth and thick, with the ageing having mellowed out much of the wodui (fermentation) flavour. The tea evolves well over many infusions, with a pronounced qi.

Starting at: £0.66 per gram
1980s (early) Snow Mark 7532

A perfect example of a well aged puerh made from good quality leaves. This is truly a delight to drink. A tea for special occasions.

Starting at: £5.80 per gram
1980s Xiaguan 8653 Dry stored Traditional Characters Puerh Tea

A dry stored version of this famous cake from between 1986-1988.

Starting at: £3.23 per gram

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1980s Xiaguan 8653 Traditional characters

The taste is smooth and rich with a clean flavour and good huigan. The chaqi is also very nice.

Starting at: £2.81 per gram
1989 '88 Qing Bing' Puerh Tea

This tea really surprised me. I'd last drunk it a couple of years ago and felt it too young still. This time I was really impressed how the flavour had evolved and though there's still a little bite from its dry stored origins, it is really evolving into an excellent tea.

Starting at: £2.83 per gram
1990's (late) Grand Yellow Label

These bings have been stored in Hong Kong for most of their years giving a mellow lightly humid stored taste, but with just enough bite to make it interesting

Starting at: £0.17 per gram
1990's Fuhai Tea Factory '7532'

This late 90's cake pressed by Fuhai Tea factory is similar in grade to the leaves used in 7532. It has spent most of it's life stored in Taiwan in very clean storage. The bitterness of youth has pretty much completely gone, leaving a calm, aged flavour with some complexity in the mouth.

Starting at: £0.40 per gram
1990's Small Yellow Label

A nicely aged cake from CNNP Menghai area blended according to the 7532 recipe. The cake has been well stored and has developed a good aged flavour. The liquid is smooth, slipping down the throat and leaving an excellent mouthfeel and aftertaste.

Starting at: £0.18 per gram
1992 Da Ye Loose Leaf Sheng Puerh

A great choice for those wanting an nicely aged puerh of a high quality that is inexpensive enough for everyday drinking.

£0.23 As low as: £0.20
1996 CNNP Da Ye Sheng Bing Puerh Tea

These sheng puerh cakes, made by CNNP in approximately 1996, consist of a blend of large leaves, similar to the blend employed in Menghai Tea Factory's 8582 blend.

Starting at: £0.69 per gram
1997 Heng Li Chang Bulang

The tea soup is oily and thick with the slight bitterness melting quickly in the mouth leaving a long, lasting sweetness and thick aged flavour.

Starting at: £0.40 per gram
1999 Fuhai Yiwu Yesheng

This famous cake from Fuhai tea factory was produced in 1999. The leaves are purported to be wild old trees. The flavour is pure and clean, displaying the characteristic Yiwu flavours.

Starting at: £0.39 per gram