2003 Menghai 7542, Zhongcha wrapper
2003 勐海茶厂 7542 (中茶)
A Zhongcha-wrapped Menghai 7542 sold as a 2003 production; Jing Tea Shop gives approximately 340–350 g per cake.
- Pu'er recipe
- Menghai 7542
- Style
- Sheng pu'er
- Producer
- Menghai Tea Factory
- Manufacture year
- 2003
- Time since manufacture
- about 23 years
- Format
- Cake, 345 g
What these dates mean
Harvest, manufacture and price checks are separate events. A recipe’s origin date does not establish the age of the leaves.
- Leaf harvest year
- Not recorded here
- Manufacture year
- 2003
- Recipe year
- 1975
Also sold or written as 2#
- 2003 勐海茶廠 7542 (中茶)
- 2003 7542 Zhong Cha
Notes#
Zhongcha packaging should not be called “pre-Dayi-trademark”: Dayi’s own chronology dates registration of its trademark to 1989 and the factory’s restructuring to 2004. A wrapper design and a change of company structure are different kinds of evidence.
Jing Tea Shop’s title and vintage field say 2003, while several image captions say 2001. The precise year still needs confirmation from dated packaging or provenance. The 345 g database weight is a midpoint estimate of the seller’s 340–350 g range, not a measured individual cake or an original factory specification.