| Pu-erh tea is a kind of organic loose tea that is | | | | Its foliages are also somewhat unlike in chemical |
| made from huge leaf range of tea plant. It was | | | | makeup, which change the smell and taste of the |
| named after the country of Pu'er close to Simao, | | | | tea when brewed and its attraction for aging. |
| Yunnan, China. Pu-erh tea may be bought in raw | | | | Because of the shortage of aged wild tea trees, |
| or ripened form, varying on the processing or | | | | the pu-erh is created using trees mixed from |
| aging method. Sheng pu-erh can be approximately | | | | diverse tea mountains of Yunnan are greatly |
| categorized on tea oxidation scale as green tea | | | | appreciated while an increasing number of |
| while aged-green variety as post-fermented tea. | | | | connoisseurs are searching pu-erh with leaves |
| Pu-erh can fit in a lot of tea categories as this | | | | gathered from one tea mountain's uncultivated |
| makes it difficult for it to be classified. Because of | | | | jungles. History of pu-erh tea dates back to |
| this, pu-erh green tea is usually disregarded and | | | | Eastern Han Dynasty. |
| the tea is considered exclusively post-fermented | | | | Pu-erh is popular for the detail that is a |
| product. Compared with other teas which should | | | | compacted tea as well as it normally ages well |
| preferably be taken after production, pu-erh can | | | | and generates a satisfying drink. Through aging, |
| be consumed at once or age for several years. | | | | the tea naturally acquires a darker color and |
| Pu-erh teas are usually now categorized year and | | | | smoother flavor traits. Frequently pu-erh leaves |
| district of production similar to wine vintages. | | | | are compacted into bricks or cakes and covered |
| While there are several fake pu-erhs in the | | | | in diverse materials, which when kept from |
| market and authentic pu-erh is tricky to locate | | | | extreme moisture; sunlight and heat assist in aging |
| and distinguish, it is still potential to search pu-erh | | | | the tea. |
| with 10-50 years in age and not many from the | | | | Compressing the pu-erh into cakes as well as |
| previous Qing dynasty. Certainly, tea connoisseurs | | | | aging tea bricks probably initiated from the normal |
| and entrepreneurs are eager to spend high costs | | | | aging procedures that occur in storage rooms of |
| for older pu-erh and spend thousands of dollars | | | | tea merchants and drinkers and on horseback |
| per brick. Pu-erh tea is obtainable in organic loose | | | | convoys on Ancient tea direction which was |
| tea or cake forms. | | | | utilized in ancient Yunnan during the trading of tea |
| Pu-erh tea is conventionally created with leaves | | | | to Tibet as well as other parts of northern China. |
| from aged wild tea trees from a range called | | | | Pressing of tea into thick bulky materials |
| broad leaf tea which originated in southwest China | | | | expectedly made the horseback transport more |
| and neighboring tropical regions in India, Laos, | | | | convenient and lessens the damage caused to the |
| Vietnam and Burma. The shoots as well as young | | | | product. |
| foliages from this varietal often wrapped with fine | | | | All kinds of pu-erh tea are made from mostly |
| hairs, together with pekoe bigger than other tea | | | | green teas that are not oxidized found in |
| varietals. | | | | mountains of southern Yunnan. |