Head over to china though and you quickly see that aged tea is as much a part of life as 21 year old whiskey and prized vintages of champagne.
Aged chinese tea.
Pu erh has dark and reddish black leaves.
The puerh that we sell is an aged puerh tea.
Aged puerh tea is a chinese dark tea produced exclusively in yunnan province in southwest china.
Pu erh tea can cure acne and bad breath caused by constipation making you look younger.
Sheng pu erh naturally fermented can be drunk either young or aged.
Why age tea at all.
This tea with its strong persistent aroma is very popular in the cantonese community due to its effectiveness in getting rid of toxins in the body and helping digestion.
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Sheng pu erh is generally considered young up to 15 years of age and aged after 15 years although the longer the tea is aged the more delicious it will be.
Catechins in tea has an effect on resisting aging especially aged pu erh tea which contains more nutrient substance than the newly made.
Most tea doesn t so much age as turn stale and dead.
Pu er or pu erh is a variety of fermented tea traditionally produced in yunnan province china in the context of traditional chinese tea production terminology fermentation refers to microbial fermentation called wet piling and is typically applied after the tea leaves have been sufficiently dried and rolled.
One year tea three year medicine seven year treasure.
It is named after the town of pu er in yunnan province which was the earliest trading center for this tea.
It means one year old aged white tea still remains a tea the three year old aged white tea is not merely a common tea but has great value in medicine and the seven year old aged tea turns to be a treasure pursued by tea enthusiasts.
Pu erh tea is one of the oldest types of chinese tea with a history stretching back over 1 700 years to the eastern han dynasty when the tea was called jing cha.
It is well known that the longer you store puerh tea the better the quality.
There is a saying about aged white tea in china.
Pu erh tea that is aged for a longer period of time is supposed to taste better.