Puer Tea Glossary - Zhi Zheng Tea Shop


„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. “

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2005 Xiaguan Yushang Tuo

2005 Xiaguan Yushang Tuo
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2012 EoT Bulang Puer Tea 400g

2012 EoT Bulang Puer Tea 400g
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2001 CNNP Private Order 7542 Raw Puerh

2001 CNNP Private Order 7542 Raw Puerh Cake 357g
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This is a good example of CNNP "7542" production. This custom-made "7542" cake was...

HeKai 2013 - blind tasting set 2

HeKai 2013 - blind tasting set 2
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nicely balanced bitterness with a breze of sweetness, beautiful honey-fruity aroma,...

2005 Changda Hao Yiwu Mansa Gu Shu Cha

2005 Changda Hao Yiwu Mansa Gu Shu Cha Raw Puerh Cake 400g
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Changda Hao is one of famous and established earlier tea factory in Yiwu town. Changda...

2011 Bulangshan Banpen Village Raw Puerh

2011 Bulangshan Banpen Village Raw Puerh Cake 357g
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This raw puerh cake is made of Wan Bang Tea House from Kunming. This product without...


Quotes - Pu-erh


„Ku Cha; 苦茶 - Bitter Tea. The tea from a variety of tea tree (Camelia Sinensis Assamica var.Kucha) found in an area around Mensong.“

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