Ripe (Shou) pu-erh

In our store we’ve collected unique ripe (shou) pu-erh teas. Here are cakes from the famous pu-erh brand "Hong Tai Chang", aged Lui Bao tea and some ripe puerhs produced in Menghai from Thai material. In addition, we offer the line of unique ripe pu-erhs, post-fermented by our own technology.

Our ripe pu-erh tea price

It is not an easy thing to make good ripe (shou) pu-erh. You have to consider many technological parameters. Each type of material behaves differently and the technologist always carries risks to spoil the entire batch of tea. Moreover, tea always looses 18-20% of its weight after post-fermentation, which significantly increases the final cost of the tea.

So why is Chinese ripe pu-erh usually cheaper than raw? This is due to the fact that for the production of shou in China they mostly use cheap material from plantations which they have in a huge amount there. These plantations are often manured with inorganic fertilizers, treated with pesticides and harvested with machines. At the same time, the Chinese do not spare expensive material for the production of good shengs.

Here in Thailand there are no plantations of Assam, we have only old endemic trees to make both kinds of pu-erhs, shou and sheng. That is why they cost the same price - ripe puer cannot be cheaper than raw when they are made from the same material.