Pu Erh Tuo Cha Tea

These common shapes of compressed tea are considered the standard of perfection for pu erh tea in the traditional forms also the first hand experience for beginners when they come to choosing pu erhs.

Pu erh tuo cha tea.

Overview information pu erh tea is made from the leaves and stems of the camellia sinensis plant. Qing cha sometimes referred to as raw or green pu erh is the oldest and most famous version of pu erh processing. 250g packet approx. Tuo cha also known as tuo tea is a kind of compressed tea made in the shape of bowl mainly produced in yunnan province china and some are produced in chongqing city.

Small tuo chas compressed cakes of shou pu erh tea with each tuo cha an ideal size for making approximately two cups. Multiple infusions are often made from this tea. Some pu erh teas are more than 50 years old and rare pu erh teas sell for many thousands of dollars in asian specialty stores. 125g packet approx.

Our pu erh mini tuo cha is hand harvested from the antique tea trees of mannong manmai and is rich full bodied and smooth with a sweetly flavored infusion rarely found in this type of tea. It s made from the leaves of a tree known as the wild old tree. This is the same plant that is used for making green oolong and black teas. Premium tea bags and loose leaf black tea green tea herbal tea white tea chai tea and more.

Shop over 250 tea blends online from stash tea. Pu erh tea pronounced poo air is the most oxidized form of tea often aged and sometimes very expensive. Pu er or pu erh is a variety of fermented tea traditionally produced in yunnan province china in the context of traditional chinese tea production terminology fermentation refers to microbial fermentation called wet piling and is typically applied after the tea leaves have been sufficiently dried and rolled. Shu cha ripe or cooked pu erh is an accelerated version of qing cha that was developed in 1972 to.

This traditional style of shu pu er offers an impressively robust infusion that is credited to our unique blend of vintages ranging from 2 4 years in age. It is made of dark tea generally made of pu erh tea so tuo cha belongs to dark tea. Xiaguan tea factory is famous for tuocha menghai tea factory for tea cake and kunming tea factory for tea brick. Pu erh is the only aged tea and can be fully oxidized like black tea or unoxidized like green tea.

Yunnan tuo cha also known as pu erh tuo cha was first created in 1917. As the tea undergoes controlled microbial fermentation it also continues to. The liquor is dense and black.