Pu Er Brick

480,00 kr

250 g per Brick

It’s refined Pu Er tea skillfully processed into the form of a brick. It is one of our best sellers.

Tips: If you get stuck in the stomach after a big dinner, a teapot of such a Pu Er tea usually helps!

 

“Pu Er” is actually the name of an old small town of Simao district in Yunan, where the tea had been collected for trading and distribution in history. It is pro-fermented, of large-leaf Camellia Sinensis growing thousands of years in Yunnan old sub-tropical forest. Yunnan, neibouring Tibet, lies in the southeast of the Himalaya mountains, it is the great cradle of Camellia plants evolution.

 

Pu Er is very special for its ageing – longer years, more sophisticated; older, mostly higher valued. Over several centuries, for the ease of trade and transportation along the ancient tea route by horse caravans, it has deveoped to a phenomenon that Pu Er tea is processed and pressed into various forms: bricks, bird’s nests (tuo cha), cakes, golden mellons……

Good to know:

How to brew Pu Er tea?

A small  Yixing clay teapot is the best.  

Break 4 g of the Brick.

The 4 g fits for 3.8-4 dl water, 95 °C.  

  • pour in water, infuse half a minute, immediately pour away;
  • And then pure in new water, infuse 40 seconds, ready for serve.
  • Repeatedly brew 4-5 times, each time infusing about 1-2 minutes. 

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Additional information

Weight 250 g