Raw and Ripe Pu Erh Tea

Nov 13
10:53

2017

Karina Garcia

Karina Garcia

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There are two types of pu-erh tea: Sheng (raw, green) and Shu (ripe, dark). Both originate from a rustic sun-dried green tea called Shaiqing. Shu Pu-erh is made by pile-fermenting Shaiqing teas over a period of 85-120 days. Ancient Pu-erh Palace is our top grade of Shu Pu-erh, and is made using leaves picked from ancient tea trees that are hundreds of years old.

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Raw Pu Erh Tea

Raw Pu-erh also uses the Drying Green Maocha as the starting material. On the other hand,Raw and Ripe Pu Erh Tea Articles it doesn’t go through the pilling process, but It is harvested and stored naturally to slowly develop over time. The liquid tea color is golden and bright yellow. Studies have confirmed that the amount of tea polyphenols, tea catechin and Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in raw Pu-erh tea made from Yunnan large tea leaves is much higher than other type of tea. Drinking it more often can help maintain a healthy and energetic body.

Appearance:

The main color of raw pu-erh tea is green or dark green. Some of them are red and yellow. White of them are Bud.

Health benefits

It contains a large amount of polyphenols. It isvery good drinks to anti-cancer. It is very nicefor you to drink pu-erh duiring the day. You willbe very clear-headed and fell aclear sense ofyour whole body. It also good for vascular.

Ripe Pu Erh Tea

In general, ripe Pu-erh uses the Drying Green Maocha as the original material. After going through a pilling process, it hastens the maturation to transform the bitter taste to a bittersweet, pure and smooth flavor. The liquid tea color becomes chestnut red and brown.

Appearance:

The main color of ripe pu-erh tea is black orreddish-brown. Some bud are dark golden. Ithave a strong taste of ottawa heap similar tomoldy. The light ferment have a taste like longyan, and the deep ferment have a taste ofstuffy wet straw mat.

Health benefits:

A healthy benefits on loss weight. The light pile-fermented tea contains a large number ofbeneficial bacteria which is very good forstomach. The deep pile-fermented pu-erh tea iswarm for woman.

Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of the difference between raw and ripe pu’erh tea. If you are interested in, go to online shop to buy some puerh tea today.