Ripe Puer Tea | Purple Cane 7893 Chen Yun Ripe Brick 陈韵枣香砖 Year 2006

During one of our field trips to the tea growing area of Lincang, Yunnan in the spring of 2006, we visited an old tea factory and made a rare find. A batch of loose leaves undergoing pile-fermentation in the workshop caught our attention. Pronounced sweet notes of dried red dates wafted through the air, reminding us of tea bricks of the era of the Cultural Revolution. We promptly took the entire stock and ordered to have the leaves processed according to the traditional method into 250-gram tea bricks. The bricks, code-numbered 7893, were delivered to Purple Cane’s Malaysian Storage and made available the same year.

The bright, ruby-brown infusion is rich and velvety with an intoxicating aroma of red dates. It finishes with an intense aftertaste of well-aged tea. A gem of a tea brick that is too good to be missed!

Brewing Hints

Break off a well-sized portion of tea leaves from the tea cake, add to brewing vessel until ¼ filled. Pour in freshly boiled water at 85°C-95°C and drain the tea infusion immediately. 1st brew is not for drinking, the purpose is for the tea leaves to unfurl and moisten. This helps release the full flavour of tea for a satisfying brew.

For 2nd brew, refill the brewing vessel with about 30 Seconds to extract the full flavour. Pour and Serve. It is good for several brews. Re-steep the leaves in a similar manner to enjoy the tea as it develops from steep to steep; continue re-steeping until the leaves are exhausted of flavour.