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2012 MGH 1203 Imperial Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick from PuerhShop.com

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82/100

2012 MGH 1203 Imperial Ripe Pu-erh Tea Brick

Pu-erh Tea by PuerhShop.com

2012 MGH 1203 Imperial Pu-erh Brick Tea (美国号1203皇家熟砖)
The quantity discount is available for this item.

The great tradition continues with ready to drink ripen tea leaves that are 3 years old.

We decided to use old vintage imperial grade Menghai tea leaves fermented in 2009 for our MGH 1203 brick. Now you would enjoy a smooth drink without ‘Duiwei’ (People describe it as pond, fishy, a strange smell of new ripe Pu-erh that many not used to).

Promised to be the best of all MGH chocolate bars.

Code Name: Chocolate Bar

Two Pu-erh Tea Bricks about 100g (3.5 ounces)/each, total 200g ( 7 ounces)
Break into 24 pieces/one-brewing small 8 grams bricks
Fermented/Cooked/Shu
Vintage 2009
Premium class
Loose tea leaves
Caffeine: Moderate

2 Tasting Notes

John Grebe
100

As always with mini-bricks I split it down the middle to half its thickness to increase the brewing surface area. As one that generally does not like mini brick puerh, even premium quality ones I have to admit that this is clearly the best one yet. It is a soft edges and a very distinct mellow Menghai scent which has sadly been becoming more rare even among Menghai area shu productions in my experience. I was also impressed by the fact that I could get a good five brews out of the leaves and the sixth brew was weak but still drinkable, which is saying a lot considering that I like my ripe puerh very strong. Too bad I just placed a large puerh order otherwise I would seriously consider ordering some of these.

richie merritt
88

This is really nice. I tried a few cups of this when it arrived, and I can tell it’s going to be a really good tea. Smooth and earthy. I like these bricks sometimes for convenience, since they come segmented you won’t need your tea knife. I’ll be back to drink more of this one in 2015… It’s back in the tea cabinet for some aging.