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Article - Green Pu-erh Tea
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The
high demand for green Pu-erh tea has lead to many factories churning
out mass productions of at best average teas for quick profits
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"...
young green Pu-erh can be horribly mouth numbing in it’s
bitterness but after decades of careful ageing the resulting refinement
and complexity makes aged green Pu-erh one of the most highly
sought after teas in China", PuerhCha |
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Green Pu-erh tea (aka "sheng"
and "raw" Pu-erh) from Yunnan Province is one of the oldest
teas in China with a history of over 1700 years. It's wide-ranging characteristic
and complexity makes green Pu-erh one of the most popular Chinese teas
amongst tea connoisseurs. Premium aged green Pu-erh tea can be as old
as 20 or even 50+ years. Such teas are highly valuable commodities and
are worth their weight in gold, often times more.
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While
modern technology offers more efficient means of processing most
premium green Pu-erh teas are still made in the traditional way.
Inset: a teacake is individually pressed using a stone mould before
being sun dried |
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