2025 'Syrup' Ripe Puerh Tea
Now in its second year of pressing, ‘Syrup’ returns to the KUURACORP lineup as our sweetest ripe puerh tea. Like biscuits and tea had a child, in ripe puerh form.
This tea is made from a blend of wet piled fermented spring tea material produced in 2023 and pressed in 2025 in Yunnan, China. Similar to its predecessor 2024 ‘Syrup’ Ripe Puerh Tea, this ripe has a warm, earthy fragrance, a luxurious mouthfeel, and a notably sweet-leaning profile with zero astringency throughout.
When brewed, this tea has a warm, buttery fragrance, a rich and viscous body, and a tongue-coating sweet flavour that’s reminiscent of blackstrap molasses. There's a subtle saltiness in the aftertaste that leaves a distinctly moorish impression between sips. In comparison to 2025 ‘Kuura-Cola’ Ripe Puerh Tea, this ripe offers a more dynamic experience from steep to steep with each re-steep drawing out another dimension of sweetness from its buttery biscuit core.
'Syrup' is a highly drinkable ripe puerh tea and suited to a variety of brewing styles. Whether you prefer a langurous gongfucha (工夫茶 gōngfū chá) session or quick-and-easy grandpa-style brewing, you can't really go wrong.
Biscuits are an optional addition to the experience (but highly recommended).
Wrapper artwork by ERODUCTIONS.
Pictures by Pingle Pictures.
2023 tea material produced in Yunnan, China, pressed in 2025.
200g per compressed cake, with 5 cakes per traditionally wrapped bamboo tong. 25g samples are cut or broken from the cakes and sealed into bags.
All orders are shipped from our HQ in Melbourne within 1-2 business days, using Australia Post.
Australia: $9.95 AUD flat-rate standard shipping, free above $75 AUD. $14.95 AUD flat-rate express shipping, free above $100 AUD.
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Europe: $35 AUD flat-rate, free above $150 AUD.
Canada: $30 CAD flat-rate, free above $130 CAD.
United States of America: Tiered pricing based on order weight, with a choice of either Standard, or Express with Signature. Tariffs are calculated automatically and collected at checkout.
Use boiling water (100C).
We recommend using approx 1g of tea per 15ml of water for gongfu-style brewing in a teapot or gaiwan. Rinse the leaves once and then brew as usual. You can re-steep the leaves several times until there's no flavour left.
For Western-style brewing in a larger teapot, use approx 5g tea per 100ml of water. You can re-brew the leaves a few times.
To brew direct in a mug, use 1-2g of tea in the bottom of the cup, fill to top with boiling water, and drink once cool. Re-fill the cup with more water when you've drunk 1/3rd of the tea. Repeat until there's no more flavour left.
All of our teas are suitable for long-term storage and ageing.
Keep your tea away from sunlight and strong smells, and somewhere with stable climate conditions.
You can keep it sealed inside the re-usable bag the tea comes in, or another non-porous container.