To many, the Xi-Zhi Hao (more properly Xizihao) brand requires no introduction, for the last 3 years Mr. Chen a Taiwanese man with a passion for Pu-erh has created some of the most highly acclaimed tea cakes on the market.  He is extremely dedicated to his work and has been known to hike the mountain trails of Xishuangbanna scouting out the best wild arbor raw material.  In this way, he guarantees that if the cake says its "Nan Nuo" or "Pa Sa", it really is!  He selects the best "mao cha" from these areas and oversees its processing from start to finish to make sure it turns out just as he needs it to be.

What if you were to take one of the most famous blend recipes of all time and re-invent it by using only the highest grade material from wild arbor trees?  This is exactly what Mr. Chen (with the help of ex-Menghai Tea Factory master tea blender Ms. Dong Guoyan) has done.  It is a living tribute to the great heritage of blended recipe Pu-erh.  In this case, they have used only the best raw material and small batch processing, taking the drinker back in time 20+ years to a time when MOST of the raw material used to make these classic recipe cakes was really excellent quality.   This is the 7542 cake, a classic Menghai Tea Factory recipe first formulated in 1975.