New
World Tea Expo - May 30 to
June 1 2008
To be held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Centre, Las Vegas, USA.
New
Tea,
Wild or Not, Enriches Chinese Province - April 15 2008
International
Herald Tribune
- The rise in demand for Pu'er tea brings riches
for a Chinese Province. Novice buyers beware of false labeling and dishonest
merchants.
Liquid
Asset - February 20 2008
The Star Online
News - Pu-er
tea collecting and investment, a 1930s teacake valued at SGD$150,000.
Fermented
Tea Eyed as Natural Preservative Source - October 16 2007
Interesting study aimed at extracting the natural occurring components
within Puer tea that can inhibit several food-borne bacteria for possible
use as a natural preservative for global food products.
Tea
in China Costs Six Times as Much as Gold - June 24 2007
Sunday
Telegraph UK
- A report on China’s hottest investment,
currently taking on the shape of Pu'er tea. With escalating prices,
weight loss potential and other reputed benefits, Pu'er teas growing
popularity is a trend effecting both Chinese and overseas markets.
China
Tea Town Hopes Name Change Will Brew Success - May 14 2007
Reuters India - Taking effect
from 8 April 2007 the famous tea town Shimao (Simao) is officially renamed
"Pu'er". In a country devoted to tea the name change is aimed
at boosting tourism and highlighting this small provincial town that
was made famous through its production and sales of Pu'er tea, one of
China's most famous and expensive teas.
Hundred-Year
Old Tribute Tea Returns Home - March 21 2007
CCTV - Your Window on China and the World
- A rare 150 years old Emperor's Tribute Tea weighing 2.5kgs is being
returned to Pu'er city from Beijing to help promote Pu'er tea locally
and abroad. The teacake is insured for a staggering 20 million Yuan
(US$2.6 million)
City
to Take Name of its Valuable Tea - March 1 2007
China View - The tea growing city of
Simao will be officially renamed Pu'er in April at the forthcoming Pu'er
Tea Culture Festival to highlight its most famous product; 100g of 60
year old Pu'er tea sold for 300,000 Yuan (US$38,400) in Guangzhou, China
Pu-erh Tea News continue
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