2011 Menghai Lao Cha Tou
- Tasting experience
- About the tea
- Brew guide
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Notes of fruit, dried dates and a light earthiness.
🌏 Origin:
Menghai County, Yunnan province, China. -
Pu-Erh comes from the Yunnan province in China, where the land is dark and rich, with big leaf tea trees. Pu-Erh is special because, unlike other teas, it is aged through a natural fermentation process. Thus, it is an excellent digestive, lowers your cholesterol levels, and uplifts your mood. 😄
During the Pu-Erh oxidation process, some of the tea leaves attach to one another when stirred and become nugget-shaped, as a result of heat and high compression. These nuggets are called Lao Cha Tou (Old Tea Nugget) and are considered the most precious of ripe Pu-Erh, as the trapped moisture creates a dried fruit-like flavour. Compared to common ripe Pu-Erh they have higher levels of fermentation giving a mellow tea liquor. Our Lao Cha Tou tea is a vintage from 2011. When stored for several years the flavour becomes sweeter and more complex.😍 -
Per cup:
You can infuse this Pu-Erh tea up to 12 times with shorter steeps.
1 tsp 
100°C 
3 minutes
We recommend you brew it ‘gong fu style’, using more leaf and shorter steep times, of around 20 seconds.
200 brews per pack | CHF 0.12 per brew