Tea and Cakes: Pure Pu’er, China

From the legendary birthplace of tea in China’s Yunnan province, comes beautiful and inspired pu’er tea from Pure Pu’er. This locally-based company boasts gorgeous brew from an ancient tea garden that has allegedly supported pu’er tea cultivation for 1300 years. And equally rooted in the past is the packaging. Drawing on the tradition of wrapping pu’er tea as cakes, Pure Pu’er transformed the concept into miniature truffle sized pu’er bons bons. Both raw and ripened pu’er are available in lovely glass vials, or on a paper tray filled with individual mini pu’er cakes. Textured fiber paper wraps both for a finish that evokes the raw and natural setting of the gardens in Yunnan. Talk about old-school.