Ripe Shou

$43.00

Ripe pu-erh. Ready when you are. Shou was invented in the 1970s to do in weeks what raw pu-erh takes decades to do. The leaf is piled damp and warm and turned by hand — a process called wo dui,...

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About Ripe Shou

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Ripe pu-erh. Ready when you are.

Shou was invented in the 1970s to do in weeks what raw pu-erh takes decades to do. The leaf is piled damp and warm and turned by hand — a process called wo dui, wet piling — so that fermentation happens under supervision rather than in a warehouse over thirty years. It is a genuinely modern tea, and an excellent one.

The cup is deep, dark and almost soundless. Damp forest floor, worn leather, and underneath it a sweetness that reads as dark chocolate one moment and dates the next. Where a young raw pu-erh grips, this is entirely smooth — no astringency at all, just a thick, velvety weight.

The most comforting tea we sell, and the most forgiving to brew. It also keeps ageing, quietly getting rounder.