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Showing posts with label menghai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label menghai. Show all posts
Saturday, April 4, 2026

2011 Menghai Tea Factory 7262 (Ripe)

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It’s early days yet but this tea has taken a pleasant turn.  
Thursday, June 19, 2025

Tuition Tea

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Tuition tea  
Saturday, September 25, 2021

Photo Set – 1980s Menghai Tea Factory (Old Ripe)

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  A different level of ripe puerh tea.  
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Tea Session - 1997 Loose Leaf (Dry Storage)

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Close up of a heavily kneaded tea leaf showing traces of dried sappy residue and micro-activity.
Thursday, April 15, 2021

A Comparative Pictorial of Menghai Tea Factory (2003, 2011) – Part 2

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  L: 2003 Purple Dayi Menghai Tea Factory R: 2011 Menghai Tea Factory 7542
Thursday, March 25, 2021

A Comparative Pictorial of Menghai Tea Factory (2003, 2011) – Part 1

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  L: 2003 Purple Dayi Menghai Tea Factory R: 2011 Menghai Tea Factory 7542  
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Tea Session - 1980s 1990s OLDIE Collection

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    Happy Holidays and my best wishes to all for the upcoming New Year 2021. I could not think of a better way to close out the year than w...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Photo Set - 2001 Simplified Character Cloud (Menghai Tea Factory)

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  The 2001 Simplified Character Cloud represents one of the last great productions under Menghai Tea Factory from the old era. This special...
Saturday, October 12, 2019

20th Anniversary Celebration & Giveaways

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  Full teacakes and bricks giveaway with your purchases. 20 years is a long time but looking back time really does fly when you are doi...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Tea Session – 1980s Menghai Tea Factory (No Cover)

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  This 1980s teacake was obtained from Taiwan. The period touches on the trade friction between China and Taiwan following the historica...
Wednesday, January 2, 2019

2019 New Section - FREE TEA SAMPLES

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GET MORE TEAS WITH YOUR ORDER I am excited to introduce the Tea Samples Catalog to the blog. As a tea lover I have always enjoyed havi...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

2010 Golden Needle White Lotus Ripe (Menghai Tea Factory)

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The Golden Needle White Lotus (GNWL) series represent a line of premium ripe puerh produced by Menghai Tea Factory. The production can b...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

A Tea Session w/ the 1996 Purple Dayi (Menghai Tea Factory)

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The Menghai TF recipe teacake consists primary of plantation leaves that are chopped, rolled and blended together. It is a category of raw...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

The Changing Landscape of Tea and the 1996 Purple Dayi (Menghai Tea Factory)

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  The first production of the Purple Dayi series
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

The Influence of Weather on Tea – A Hot Summer

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A blue sky that provides little shade from the sweltering sun means that rising temperatures are close to 40C in high humidity. This ye...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Roasting the 2010 Menghai Hong Yun Puerh Teacake

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  The 2010 Menghai Hong Yun is a ripe tea that is compressed into100g mini teacakes. Inset: Roasting requires constant motion of tossing a...
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

1997 Loose Leaf (Dry Storage)

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This 1997 loose leaf is an intriguing puerh tea. What caught my attention was that this tea represents one of the few very clean dry stored ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015

1990s Menghai Green Label

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For a long time I drank tea rather indiscriminately without understanding how to optimize the benefits of this wonderful drink to match the ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015

1990s Menghai Orange Label (HK Private Commission)

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These dark tea leaves possess both potency and stamina. A tea session can last upwards of 10 steeps delivering a deep and full bodie...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

2003 Chienyun Red Dayi Ripe (Menghai Tea Factory) - NA

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The Menghai Tea Factory is the standard bearer for ripe puerh tea. Menghai is one of two factories that pioneered the production of ri...