Originally, Pu'er was the principle commodity along the famous ancient tea trading route, and, with the gradual deepening of Chinese tea culture, Pu’er quietly spread across the globe. The standard Dimsum compliment, Pu’er has been rediscovered in the West for its health and dieting properties, in addition to its great taste.

This 2007 cooked pu'er cake from Menghai county in Yunnan province has a clean finish and excellent cooked pu'er taste. In an area crowded with lower quality fakes, a tea cake like this one that is both cheap, delicious and especially consistent is a welcome change. The leaves in the cake are standard from the outside to the center, just as the aroma is subtle and rich from infusion to infusion.