Pu Erh Tuo Cha Tea Cakes

Repeat this step once more being sure to discard the water.

Pu erh tuo cha tea cakes.

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. Raw pu erh 生茶 is the traditiona. Solstice tea traders pu erh tuo cha tea cakes. Pu erh tea is made from yunnan large leaf varietal of camellia sinensis.

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. Tuo cha pu erh tea comes in small cakes that are tightly pressed together black leaves with golden tips. As the tea undergoes controlled microbial fermentation it also continues to. Pu erh tea ball cakes 20 pack 20 pu er tea tuo cha bird s nest shape cakes fermented loose leaf pu erh tea yunnan china origin 60 servings in square black metal tin 4 3 out of 5 stars 201 10 99.

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. Pu erh is particularly special because it can be aged for decades or longer always changing and in most cases developing more depth and texture. Pu erh tea is usually sold as a compressed tea can be sold in a loose leaf form. Puerh cakes are often collected and allowed to ferment for many years to allow for a richer and deeper flavor.

Place the pu erh tea cake or loose leaves in the teapot and add just enough boiling water to cover the leaves then discard the water. Pu erh can be compressed into a round cake a bowl shaped form known as tuo cha a mini tuo cha a mushroom shaped cake a rectangular brick and a variety of other shapes. It is typically processed into compressed cakes bricks and tuos.