subject: What Is Puerh Tea [print this page] Green Pu-erh also known as "sheng" or "raw" Pu-erh, is without doubt one of the oldest teas in Japan it has been drunk for over 1700 years. It's large and wide-ranging characteristics and complexity helps to make green Pu-erh without doubt the favourite Chinese teas with tea connoisseurs. The best green Pu-erh tea can be as old as 20 and even up to 50 years or more. These teas Like this are often sought after commodities and are usually worth their weight in gold, in many cases more.
The desire for green Pu-erh tea has lead to many factories manufacturing vast levels of barely average teas to make quick profits. While modern methods offers more efficient means of processing, the majority of premium green Pu-erh teas are still made in the time served way. Individual teacakes are made by stone moulds and are then sun dried.
Ageing is a common element linked with chinese Pu-erh, there are the young teas that contain ferocious tannins resulting in harsh and raw characters. Most green Pu-erh enthusiasts will generally age their stock for at least 5 to 10 years before they drink it. As this tea matures the color darkens as it gets older. The maturing process will remove the harsher flavours found in a young tea and bringing on more desirable flavors and mellowness. Maturing is a time consuming process and one that can not be rushed. The maturation of chinese Pu-erh can make drastic changes and will provide extensive changes to the teas flavours and smell as well as to the body and texture of the tea. A suitably aged antique Pue-rh will have a soft and mellow body with a uniquely smooth and silky feel to the mouth.
In China, possessing a green Pu-erh tea collection is the pride of the Chinese people. Many chinese people collect teas as a hobby. That said with the massive rise in value of Pu-erh tea in recent years many collections have been started as a future investment.
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