2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Cha Tou Brick" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick Sub-Region_Xishuangbanna no other grades of tea

no other grades of tea were blended into it

The tea was picked in spring 2007 and fermented during the summer of 2007

November 2014 pressing

A tea worthy of aging

Fermentation time:  August-September 2011

2012 Yunnan Sourcing "Lao Cha Tou Brick" Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick Sub-Region_Xishuangbanna no other grades of teaCha Tou is a kind of tea nugget that forms naturally from the pressures of compression and heat that occurs during the fermentation process. Typically during fermentation process to make ripe pu erh there is a pile of tea about 1 meter high. It is kept wet to allow the fermentation process and the pile is turned every few days to allow for an even degree of fermentation, moving the tea from the bottom of the pile (where it is hotter and wetter) to the