Miniature Tea Cakes - 2020 Xigui Raw Pu’er

This is a 2020 vintage raw mini Pu'er tea cake from Xi Gui mountaintop in the Lincang tea region. Xi Gui is a mountain famous for its raw Pu’ers. The flavor of this tea is described as fresh and orchid-like, with notes of rock sugar and a thick mouthfeel. This comes in a set of 7 mini tea cakes wrapped in the traditional packaging of bamboo leaf, weighing a total of 57 grams. While ripe Pu’er tea has higher levels of caffeine (similar to black tea), aged raw Pu’er has very low levels of caffeine and higher levels of GABA, an important amino acid for relaxation and mental health. Thus, aged raw Pu’er will afford a much more relaxing and grounding drinking experience than ripe Pu’er. Although both raw and ripe Pu’er are consumed for their weight loss properties, raw Pu’er is considered the best tea for weight loss, especially when consumed immediately after meals.  Pu’er is a tea from China’s Yunnan province near the Laos and Myanmar border. High in antioxidants, studies show it can fig