Puerh tea
Puerh tea is actually categorized as black tea or dark tea. It has a dark, smooth and earthy taste and a deep character. It is mainly produced in Yunnan province. Puerh tea is shaped in a variety of forms like brick shape, column shape, cake shape, as well as loose leaves. Furthermore the quality and taste of this tea, when the quality of tea raw leaves is good and when stored properly, improves in age. Puerh tea is well known for its medicinal properties and weight loss effects. Puerh tea can be divided into cooked Puerh tea and wild Puerh tea. According to the difference in production methods.
Cooked Puerh tea
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| Puerh mini cakes | Puerh mini rose cakes | Puerh mini jasmine |
The raw material for cooked Puerh tea is made from Yunnan large tea leaf bush. The fresh leaves are pilled and undergo a process of fermentation. This changes the colour of the leaves into yellowish brown. This process can take several months and is known as "cooking" while it actually means "maturing". After that cooked puerh can be compressed into a cake (of different shapes) or it can be kept as loose leaves.
Wild Puerh tea
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| Ziyun Wild Puerh 2010 | Xiaguan Wild Brick 2006 | Xiaguan T8633 2007 |
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| Xiaguan Golden Tuo 05 | Pasha Wild Puerh 2010 | Xiaguan Xizi Tuocha 08 |
The raw material used for wild puerh tea is also made from Yunnan big tea leaf bush. The dry leaves go through the procedure of "sunning". After that the wild puerh can be compressed into cake or brick form.This puerh tea can actually be classified as a green tea. Especially this kind of puerh tea will become better with age, when the wild puerh is stored well it naturally undergoes a fermentation proces. Some experts say that wil Puerh goes through aging cycles of 5 years each.
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