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Ai Lao Sheng (Raw) Pu-erh Cake

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Category: Pu-erh Tea

Hailing from ancient tea trees on the south-west slope of Ai Lao Shan, this Sheng Pu-erh was hand-plucked and minimally processed in the Spring of 2025. Notes of cream soda and Swiss chard create a sweet and vegetal experience that carries through each infusion. Slowly building in intensity, this classic Sheng delivers the texture of white peach skin that creates the perfect palate from which the cream soda and Swiss chard can shine.

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Avery ★★★★★

That sweet cream soda aroma hits right after the first steep, but the real surprise is how the Swiss chard savoriness creeps in on the finish—it's like a soda pop that learned to be a proper tea. The cake itself is a beauty, with tight, silvery buds that flake off cleanly, and it's already drinking

Andrew ★★★★★

The cream soda note is surprisingly subtle and sweet, while the chard gives it an earthy depth I keep craving. This 2025 spring cake is still young but already smooth enough to drink now, and I can tell it'll age beautifully.

John H. ★★★★★

I was skeptical about the Swiss chard note in the description, but it’s genuinely there—earthy and slightly mineral, balancing the sweet cream soda pop. The cake is so fresh from spring 2025 that the leaves still have that tender, vibrant feel when I break them apart. Couldn’t resist finishing my fi

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