0A raw Puerh tea brick (Batch 1901,60g) from Dayi Menghai Tea Factory. It is using a blend of material from 2019.The Tea is pressed into a tea brick with 9 cubes. The brick is not pressed very tighly, you can see the tea leaves with some pekoe clearly, and you can break a cube easily by hand.
Brand: DAYI TAETEA
Tea Factory: Menghai Tea Factory, Yunnan Province, China
Year : 2019
Harvest Time: Spring 2019
Weight per tea cake: 60g
Characteristics:
Tasting Notes: Light in astringency, floral, honey
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and clear golden yellow
Dry Leave Appearance: Green to light brown with some white pekoe in between.
Wet Leaves: Yellowish Green
Origin and Story:
Menghai Tea Factory (Earliest name called Fo Hai Tea Factory(佛海茶廠) was founded in 1940. After then, the factory was renamed several times and finally renamed as the Menghai Tea Factory. In 1973, the factory successively produced the ripe puerh by the wet-piling method. It become more and more popular and invented different classic recipe in producing Pu’erh, like the classic recipe of “7542” and “7572” Puerh Tea Cake. In 1996, It become a private-run factory instead of a state-run factory, and started to use the name of “Dayi (大益)/ Taetea” as its brand name. It is now one of the most renowned Tea Factory in Yunnan.