(a) According to the system method classification
Raw tea: refers to the tea picking, in a natural way fermented tea. Raw tea contains fruit acids, tannins and other ingredients that make the tea exciting, and it is only after many years that the tea becomes milder. Good Pu-erh tea is usually made by this method, and utilizes the extension of time to produce the effect of more and more fragrant.
Cooked tea: refers to the use of artificial aging process based on modern science, through the deployment of appropriate temperature, humidity, accelerate the process of tea fermentation, so that the tea becomes mild, the tea flavor has been changed.
(ii) Classification according to the preservation method
Dry warehouse Puerh tea: refers to the tea stored in a clean and ventilated warehouse, so that the tea leaves are naturally fermented and aged, with camphor aroma. If it is naturally aged for 10-20 years and properly preserved, the more it ages, the more fragrant it becomes, making it a precious product.
Wet warehouse Pu'er tea: refers to the tea stored in the basement, cellar and other hot and humid places without ventilation, to accelerate the speed of its fermentation. Due to the destruction of more tea inclusions, the tea often tastes like mud or mold. The so-called "wet warehouse" refers to the speculator will be shorter years of Pu'er tea products aged in a high humidity environment, the use of high humidity or splash of water, so that the new tea rapid aging, the appearance of the tea can be disguised as aged tea in order to respond to the market. With this method of catalytic, processed tea products are prone to mold, and can not prohibit high-temperature brewing, more on human health is not conducive.
(C) according to the shape of the classification
Tea cake:
Flat disc-shaped, in which the seven cakes each net weight of 357g, each 7 for a tube, each tube net weight of 2500g, so the name of the "seven cakes".
Tuocha: the shape of the general size of the rice bowl, each net weight of 100g, 250g, and now there is a small mini Tuocha, each net weight of 2g-5g.
Brick Tea: is a rectangular or square, to 250g-1000g majority, made of this shape is mainly for the convenience of transportation.
Golden Melon Tribute Tea: pressed into the shape of a half melon of varying sizes, from 100g to several kilograms are available.
Thousand Liang tea: pressed into tightly pressed strips of varying sizes, each strip of tea is heavier (the smallest each strip is about 50kg).
Scattered tea: refers to the process of tea production has not been tightly pressed molding, tea leaf shape for the loose strips of Pu'er tea. Scattered tea is made of whole tea leaves with thick and fat leaf tea, but also made of bud tip part of the bud tip tea in the form of small strips.