Have you ever wonder why puer tea is packed as frisbee like cakes?
Tea cakes were developed already in the Ming Dynasty era to make it easier to transport tea over long distances. Tea cakes made it possible to have huge amounts of tea in a small space.
Last time I visited Zhao Zhou tea house had a chance to see how Ágnes wraps Puer teacake in a white paper. It's pure art!
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(FI) Oletko koskaan ihmetellyt miksi Puer-tee pakataan frisbeen näköisiksi kiekoiksi?
Teekiekot (en oikein osaa sanoa niitä kakuiksi kuten englannin kielessä niitä kutsutaan) kehiteltiin jo Ming-dynastian aikana, jotta teen kuljettaminen pitkiä matkoja helpottuisi. Kiekot mahdollistivat sen, että saatiin suuri määrä teetä pieneen tilaan.
Viimeksi kun kävin Zhao Zhou'ssa näin miten Ágnes paketoi kauniisti Puer-teekiekon valkoiseen käärepaperiin. Todellista taidetta!
What is Puer tea?
Shortly - Puer tea is aged tea. In Puer tea fresh leaves get tossed by hand in giant woks long enough to halt the tea's oxidation, but not so long as to drive off all moisture and kill natural bacteria.
The tea is then left to dry in the sun, but the bacteria live on, and over years ans decades, they'll help completely transform the tea from fresh, bitter green into something more dark, mellow and rich.
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Mitä Puer-tee oikein on?
Lyhyesti sanottuna Puer-tee on kuten viini eli paranee vanhetessaan. Tuoreet teenlehdet viskataan käsin jättimäisinn wok-pannuihin tarpeeksi pitkäksi aikaa jotta hapettuminen loppuu, mutta ei niin pitkäksi aikaa että kaikki kosteus haihtuu ja luonnolliset bakteerit häviävät.
Tämän jälkeen tee jätetään kuivumaan aurinkoon ja bakteerit jatkavat eloaan. Vuosien ja vuosikymmenten aikana bakteerit muuttavat tuoreen ja kitkerän vihreän teen tummaksi, pehmeäksi ja täyteläiseksi teeksi.
I've never heard of puer tea but it looks really interesting x
ReplyDeleteIt's intersting and so good!
DeleteI've never heard of Puer tea cakes before. It's so interesting to learn about the history of tea cakes and aged tea sounds so nice.
ReplyDeleteI agree - the world of tea is so fascinating!
DeleteThis is my first time hearing of Puer tea cakes and that it is an aged tea. Thank you for the informative and interesting post!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! I'm happy if you found my post interesting:)
DeleteI am not a major tea fan, but I would not mind tasting this.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of puer tea before but I would love to taste it! And quite informative, I must say. Thanks a lot!
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I have never heard but this but it looks really neat!
ReplyDeleteWow, I never heard about this, It seems this is very healthy and would like to try and review this.
ReplyDeleteWow these looks really interesting! I had never encounter one before. But is it still for tea brewing to drink or just use the aroma scent for air cleansing?
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