„Pu-erh tea processing, although straightforward, is complicated by the fact that the tea itself falls into two distinct categories: the "raw" Sheng Cha and the "ripe" Shou Cha. All types of pu-erh tea are created from máochá (毛茶), a mostly unoxidized green tea processed from a "large leaf" variety of Camellia sinensis (C. sinensis assamica) found in the mountains of southern Yunnan.“
Quotes Tags: Pu-erh, Tea oxidation, Yunnan, Sheng - Raw Puerh, Shu - Ripe Puerh
Tall and straight forest - Meng Pasha Pasha in the Aini language means tall and...
The best ripe tuo cha this factory has ever made. The 801 product line is well known...
Jin Cha(mushroom) is especially for Tibetan market, used to be mixed with milk, it is...
Raw Jin Cha is especially for Tibetan market, used to be mixed with milk, it is very...
This high quality ripe cake is made of spring large-leaf varietal arbor tea from Ailao...
Yong Pin Hao adhere to the traditional process since its foundation in 1999. Each batch...
„tong; 筒 - Literally a barrel or barrel shaped object. A tong in Yunnan tea culture is a bundle of 7 tea cakes wrapped in the outer skin of bamboo which naturally sheds from around the base of the bamboo stem. Each cake weighs 357grams so making a total of 2,499 gm. Said by some to have been calculated in order to remain under a specific legislated weight of 2.5 kg. There were originally said to be 8 cakes in a tong. The 8th being paid as a levy. An earlier unit of weight in China was the liang. A cake of tea weighed 7 liang and 7 cakes in a tong made 49 liang. “
Quotes Tags: Pu-erh, Tea production, Yunnan, China
This is a classic Menghai spring blended cake from Nannuoshan Tea Factory which was renamed as Menghai...
Lao Yu (老妪) : old woman Material for this cake came from a small Bulang minority village in...
Tall and straight forest - Meng Pasha Pasha in the Aini language means tall and straight forest. According...
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