Hidden Gem (pu-erh coins)

These Hidden Gems are made from leaves harvested on Bulang Mountain, in Menghai County, Yunnan. They were picked in 2006 from ancient tea trees, and pressed into these mini-cakes or coins. After close to two decades of aging in Hong Kong, this tea is velvety smooth, the forest notes of ripe pu-erh mellowed with camphor. It has a very soothing and comforting effect on the body.

Each mini-cake contains ~12 grams of leaves. Simply unwrap one cake into your teapot, add boiling water, and linger over this delicious tea. It should be brewed many times - the cake will come apart over each brew, yielding subtle variations in flavor.  For a shorter tea session, the cake can be easily split into halves by pressing against the creased line in the middle. Brew a half cake the same way as brewing a whole, only there won’t be quite as many brews.