A rice-paper-wrapped disc of ripe pu-erh from old-growth gardens in Yunnan: earthy and deep, scented with dried fruit and old wood, and good for many steepings. Contains caffeine.
At a glance
Most teas are prized young. Pu-erh is prized patient. This disc of compressed dark leaf, wrapped in rice paper and stamped with the mark of its pressing house, is tea measured in years rather than seasons, made for a…