Pu 'er tea is a kind of pressed tea, which originated in the Lancang River basin in southern and western Yunnan. It is evolved from the fresh leaves of Yunnan big-leaf tea tree after autoclaving and storage for a certain period of time. Or Pu 'er tea and Pu 'er loose tea are made from Yunnan big leaf tea and sun-dried green tea by artificial post-fermentation.

What is raw tea?

The big leaf tea grown in Yunnan is directly pressed into cakes, lumps and bricks after withering (drying in the sun) every day, which is called green cakes, lumps and bricks. What is not suppressed is called hairy tea.

What is cooked tea?

Yunnan big leaf tea is dried, boiled, piled up and fermented, and finally pressed into shape, which is called cooked cake, cooked lump and cooked brick.

How to distinguish raw and cooked Pu 'er tea?

There are many ways to distinguish raw and cooked Pu 'er tea. Generally speaking, from the appearance, the color of raw Pu 'er tea is dark green, and the color of cooked Pu 'er tea is dark brown, followed by smell. Raw Pu 'er tea smells fragrant, cooked Pu 'er tea smells old, and finally the soup color. Raw Pu 'er tea soup is orange, and cooked Pu 'er tea is reddish brown and dark chestnut.

What kind of tea does Pu 'er tea belong to?

Pu 'er tea is neither black tea nor black tea. Because the production technology and essential characteristics of Pu 'er tea are different from those of the six major teas, Yunnan Tea Association appealed to the tea industry in China to seriously discuss with experts and scholars all over the country: call Yunnan Pu 'er tea as a reprocessed special tea and rearrange its position in the tea spectrum of China.

What are spring tea, summer tea and cereal tea? How to distinguish

Harvesting spring tea in February-April, taking the spring tea harvested within 0/5 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day as the top grade, picking one more bud and one more leaf, and the bud core is thin and white; Summer tea is picked from May to July and is called rain tea. If properly made, the quality of tea is similar to that of spring tea. Autumn tea was picked in August-10, which is called valley scented tea.

How to grade Pu 'er tea? What's the difference in grades?

Pu 'er tea is divided into high, medium and low grades. High-grade loose tea is divided into: palace tea, ritual tea, super-grade, 1 grade to grade 5 is medium, and grade 6 to1grade 6 is low-grade loose tea. Pu 'er tea leftovers are divided into high-grade, middle-grade and low-grade tea leftovers. When grading, there are more buds with high grades and more stems with low grades. Is the higher the level, the better the quality? No, the higher the grade, the more tender the tea is, which has little to do with the quality.