Jing Dian 7572 Shu Pu-erh (Ripe Pu-erh) 2025, 150g | Dayi (Menghai Tea Factory) with gift box

The 7572 is the most famous ripe pu-erh recipe in the world, the cooked counterpart to the 7542 and the benchmark by which most shu is measured. The numbers carry its history: the 7 marks the leaf-blend grade, the 5 is the year the recipe was set (1975), and the 2 is the factory code for Menghai Tea Factory, the house behind the Dayi brand. This is the 2025 pressing of that classic recipe, in the traditional 150 g cake.

The character is rich and dependable, built on decades of a refined fermentation profile. It pours a clean, full-bodied cup led by notes of wood, roasted grain and a gentle natural sweetness, with the smooth earthy depth expected from a well-made shu. As a fresh 2025 pressing it carries youthful energy, and a short rest will only round it out further.

The liquor is deep chestnut-red, thick and glossy, with a soft texture that coats the mouth. Across infusions it stays stable and generous, holding its character through many steeps while revealing more of its quiet sweetness as the session goes on.

This is shu with a proven backbone, equally at home in a gongfu session or a thermos. A reliable everyday cake that combines the comfort of ripe pu-erh with the authority of the recipe that defined the style. Drinkable now and steady to keep, the 7572 is the standard most shu drinkers return to.

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