Pu Erh Tea Cake
In both cases a vertical sampling of the cake should be obtained since the quality of the leaves in a cake usually varies between the surface and the center.
Pu erh tea cake. Fill the teapot with boiling water and allow the tea to steep for 2 minutes. 2008 menghai gong ting ripe pu erh cake 100g. Pour the tea into teacups and add extras as desired. This vintage tea consists of aged shu pu er that is compressed into a cake and packed in traditional bamboo leaf bundles called a tong.
To brew the ripe pu erh cakes dislodge about one teaspoon of tea leaves and follow the instructions below. Robust ripe pu erh with a rich earthy smooth and sweet fragrance. The bricks cakes are left to further ferment in warm damp cellars for months or years so they can develop their flavors. Ripe pu erh with a balanced smooth mouthfeel and sweet chinese date aroma.
Buy ripe and raw pu erh tea cakes in canada. Tea grown in southern china in and around modern yunnan was packed into bricks and carried by humans or mules to central asia where it was often traded for tibetan ponies. Pu erh tea is a traditional chinese tea dating back to the 7th century. Pu erh tea cakes the original purpose of pressing flat round cakes of tea leaves was for ease of transportation.
Notify me by email. A pu erh knife which is similar to an oyster knife or a rigid letter opener is used to pry large horizontal flakes of tea off the cake to minimize leaf breakage. The widest selection of pu erh tea cakes at tealyra canada. How to brew pu erh tea cake first boil fresh and filtered water at 90 c 100 c rinse the teapot and the teacup to be used for this tea with properly boiled hot water break off a small piece of tea from the tea cake using your prying pick properly weight the tea in order to get the right quantity.
Pu erh tea cakes at the best price. Yunnan ripe pu erh chrysanthemum cake 100g. Notify me by email. Smaller cakes such as tuocha or mushroom pu erh are often steamed until they can be rubbed apart and then dried.
Preheat your cup with boiling water then discard the water. It s a type of the that is produced by storing and fermenting the tea leaves pressing them into a sort of cake or brisk shape. Bring fresh filtered water to a boil 212. You can do this by pouring water into a teapot and then pouring water from the teapot into your cups.
A deep garnet infusion with a dense opaque liquor bears a mellow sweetness that drinks remarkably smooth with a rich earth body. Steps place the pu erh tea cake or loose leaves in the teapot and add just enough boiling water to cover the leaves then. Zhongcha gongbing pu erh tea cake cofco used to call cnnp china national cereals oils and foods.