Dayi TAETEA – Platinum Raw Pu-erh Brick 2021 A new batch of raw Puerh tea brick (Batch No.:2101,60g per brick) from Dayi Menghai Tea Factory. It is using a blend of material from 2021.The Tea is pressed into a tea brick with 9 cubes. The brick is not pressed very tightly, you can see the tea leaves with some pekoe clearly, and you can break a cube easily by hand. The tea soup is in golden apricot colour, and it tastes sweet with honey notes and subtle smoky undertone. Brand: DAYI TAETEA Tea Factory: Menghai Tea Factory, Yunnan Province, China Batch No.: 2101 Harvest Time: Spring 2021 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.
