Man Le Sun-Dried Red Tea Coin

Man Le Sun-Dried Red Tea Coin (曼勒紅幣, Màn Lē Hóng Bì, “Man Le Red Coin”) – This is a 2022 pressing of fresh red tea from Man Le, Li Shulin’s new home. He relocated there after his home on Nannuo Mountain was destroyed by a fire in 2021. While he still maintains his plots on Nannuo Mountain and is still making tea from them, he has also begun using the local Man Le plants to make Sheng and Shu Pu’er, as well as Red Tea.

Man Le was a growing region of the Menghai Tea Factory in the mid 20th century. It was abandoned in the 1970s and the plants that currently grow there are the seed-propagated plants (and descendants thereof) that have been growing there since that time. Many of these plants are feral and grow in the midst of the local pine trees.

This tea has ended up being one of our favorites among the new Man Le teas from Li Shulin. It’s balanced, sweet, malty, and has a distinctive fruity character and silky mouthfeel.

This tea coin includes 7g of pressed tea. The base color of the wrapper is red, indicating that it is a Red Tea. The ring and bat are white, indicating that this tea is made from standard leaves.