Puerh belongs to the black tea category.
Puerh is mainly produced in Yunnan, and is made from Yunnan large-leafed sun-green gross tea through a series of processes. The main reason why Puerh belongs to the black tea category is because the color and luster of the tea leaves and the production process are similar to that of black tea. The dried Puerh tea is slender and tightly knotted with a reddish-brown color, and after brewing, the aroma is high and persistent, and the taste is sweet and mellow.
Puerh tea is actually a special tea, the reason why it is divided into the black tea, mainly because the color and luster of the tea leaves, the production process and the black tea is very similar. According to the different tea processes, Pu-erh tea can be divided into two types: raw tea and ripe tea, in which the raw tea is not fermented, while the ripe tea has already completed the fermentation process, and thus preserved for a long time.
Puerh dry tea is tightly knotted and slender, with a reddish-brown color. After brewing with hot water, the tea broth is bright orange and yellow, with a relatively high consistency, and the tea broth has a high and persistent aroma, with the aroma of flowers and fruits and honey. The flavor of the tea is strong and mellow, and the effect of generating fluids is remarkable.
Puerh classification
Scattered tea: buds, to maintain the original fragmented leaf shape of the tea, has not been tightly pressed into a special shape, the finished product of loose tea is usually made from bush tea.
Tea cake: Puerh tea compressed into the shape of a cake; historically, a cake of 357 grams, seven cakes for a pick; easy to calculate and mule and horse transportation.
Tuocha: is a tightly pressed tea, the Department of high-quality sun-dried green tea as raw materials, high-temperature steaming and refining; selection of materials are mostly young leaves, fresh taste, active substances. Tuocha is Yunnan tea in the traditional products, a long history, ancient reputation.
Brick tea: about half of the brick, the selection of materials for the mature tea leaves, taste mellow, resistant to brewing; most of the brick tea is transported from Tibet, Mongolia and other places to the parties; made in this shape is mainly to facilitate transportation.