Origin and Harvesting Time: This tea, featuring old tree materials, is harvested in the early spring from the Mengku tea region, ensuring a fresh and vibrant quality.
Tea Profile
At a glance: 2025 · Sheng (raw) puerh · 10g dragon ball · MengKu Tea Factory
Appearance and Quality: The tea presents long and tightly woven threads, adorned with multiple silver hairs, indicative of its superior quality and careful processing.
Aroma and Fragrance: It exudes a delightful floral aroma, enhancing the sensory experience of the tea.
Liquor Clarity and Aesthetics: The tea offers a clear liquor with notable brightness, reflecting its purity and fine craftsmanship.
Flavor and Aftertaste: The flavor of the tea is refreshing, with a pleasing variation in aftertaste, providing a rich and engaging tasting experience.
Taste Sensation: It boasts an excellent hui gan, or returning sweetness, and effectively stimulates saliva production, enhancing the overall flavor profile.
Best for: everyday drinking. It is easygoing to brew, and a welcoming choice for newcomers.
Brewing Guide
Water: rolling boil, 100°C (212°F).
- Rinse teaware with hot water; use roughly 5g of tea for each 100ml of vessel.
- Give the leaves one quick rinse, then cover and rest about 10 minutes to wake them up.
- Begin with 10–15 second steeps, lengthening each by about 5 seconds.
- Decant fully into a sharing pitcher each time.
- Enjoy — good sheng keeps giving for many infusions.
Use this as a starting point, not a fixed formula. Play with pour height and speed, and notice how the tea answers in different weather and seasons. Learning to brew one tea well anywhere, anytime is the real craft.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place with gentle airflow, out of direct light and away from strong smells such as cooking spices or smoke. If you plan to age it for years, breathable paper or clay storage suits puerh better than airtight plastic.
The tea has been naturally stored in Guangzhou, a process that helps in preserving its authentic taste and aroma over time.
A Note on Appearance
Not every dragon ball shows these, but they can occur, especially in teas with more years of storage.
- Bamboo powder (zhu fen): a natural sign of traditional bamboo-husk packing. In Guangdong's warm, humid climate, tiny bamboo insects can make their home in the husk, nibbling the husk and cotton paper wrapper while leaving the tea itself untouched. What they leave behind is a fine powder, seen only on certain teas and more often on aged ones. It is harmless to hygiene; a few strokes with a clean toothbrush or soft brush before brewing is all it takes.
- Tea oil spots: yellowish spots may appear and can come from natural tea oils. They are not a flaw.
- Torn wrapper: small tears or holes in the cotton paper may happen during storage and handling. The tea inside is unaffected.
