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If you are looking for an interesting tea, you need to check out Puerh. This is a tea that is actually fermented and it is made in the Yunnan province of China. The process of fermentation is exactly what it sounds like, it actually is a process in which the tea leaves go through a fermentation process at a microbial level. This process actually occurs after the leaves are dried and rolled and it can come in loose leaf or compressed form.
Pu’erh tea is created through maocha which is an unoxidized green tea that is created by a very large leaf tea grown in the mountains of Yunnan. The process of actually ripening the Maocha can take several months and be in a compressed state to happen. When Pu’erh is compressed, it is compressed into three different shapes: Bing, Tuocha, and Brick. The compression is done through pilling and pressing, which requires some skill and is also why you are going to have to break up the tea before you actually get to brew it and drink it. When you want to break up your tea, you are going to need a tea needle or a tea knife.
What you are going to find when you start trying to pry your tea is that there are different methods for different styles of tea. You will find that your Puerh cake comes in a block that is rectangular, it is anywhere between 100 grams and 1000 grams. These blocks were created this way because they were easy to transport for people on the horse caravans that were going along these ancient routes.
What you will find is that when you start breaking the tea, you need to start in a corner. You don’t want to start in the middle of the brick, it just isn’t going to work for you. You need to stick the needle in and find a place where the needle goes in far enough. Once you find a place where you can pry it, it gets really easy from there, here are a few tips to helping ensure that you pry your tea correctly every time.
The best way to pry apart a brick tea is to use the backside, not the top or the front which may have a logo stamped on it. When you are able to pry it correctly, the tea actually tastes better because it is able to brew better. You want to make sure that you are a master of it so that you don’t have broken tea, which doesn’t taste the same, so you want to make sure that you are really working to pry it so that it doesn’t compromise the tea. When you are trying to stick the tea, you may find resistance, work around so that you can get the best spot to start with.
Bing tea comes in a flat disc or something that resembles a hockey stick. You will find that the size of them ranges from 100 grams to all the way up to 5 kilograms. The disc may be rounded or it may be perpendicular depending on where you get it from. With Bing, you are still going to use the prying method that is used with the other teas. What you are going to find with Bing, however, is that it is a tight tea, so the needle is going to be harder to stick in. Pick a good place to insert the needle and be sure that you are taking your time prying it apart with the knife so that you are getting whole leaves instead of chunks and pieces that are going to taste different.
Tuocha is a tea that comes in the shape of a bird’s nest, it comes in sizes between 3 grams and 3 kilograms. The name of this tea actually came from the old shipping and trade routes that it traveled along and the style of the pressing that creates the unique shape. When you are going to pry this tea, you want to pick an edge that is going to be easy to stick. You need to make sure that your tea needle goes in at least two thirds of the way so that the tea loosens up and you can get what you need. Stick the tea about 3 or 4 times over again.
If you are going to use a tea needle, you want to be careful that you are protecting your hand, they can hurt! You also want to make sure that you are using the right angle when you are trying to pry your tea apart. Make sure that you never actually stick the tea from the top, use a corner or an angle instead, it works a lot better. You will find that prying is not the easiest thing to do, and it is going to take some practice and some time before you are perfect at it, so take your time and make sure that you are getting a great cup of tea.
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