Pu-erh
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Tea Brewing Temperatures & Times! 🍵
On some packages of tea, you may have seen some instructions on how to brew your tea. Now you’re probably thinking, “Why do I need instructions on how to brew tea? It’s just water and leaves!” It’s more than just placing a tea bag into a cup and pouring hot water over it! It takes… Continue reading
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What Young Pu-erh Tea Is All About
Type of Tea: Pu-erh (Ripe/Shu) Type of Tea: Pu-erh Loose Leaf Recommended Water Temperature: Boiling (212°F / 100°C) Recommended Steeping Time: 2–10 Minutes A few years ago, I received a sample of a tea called Young Pu-erh, and it immediately sparked my curiosity about one of the tea world’s most distinctive and often misunderstood categories.… Continue reading
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Is Puerh Tea a Health-Giving Elixir?
Not long ago, tea in much of the Western world was almost synonymous with black tea. Whether it was English Breakfast, Assam, Ceylon, or a familiar tea bag blend, black tea dominated the conversation. Over the past two decades, however, tea drinkers have expanded their horizons. Green tea gained widespread popularity, followed by growing interest… Continue reading
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A Pu-erh to Start Out With
There are black teas (what many parts of the world call “red tea”), green teas, white teas, rarer yellow teas, purple teas, hundreds of oolong teas … and then there’s pu-erh tea. Strange. Mysterious. Sometimes even a little intimidating. But as with anything new, getting started is easy—just take that first step. Here is a… Continue reading
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Pu-erh Tea Cakes Are Not Created Equal
Just as there is a wide difference between bagged teas, the variety of pu-erh (puer, pu’er) tea cakes on the market is fairly astounding. Considering that some pu-erhs are considered collectibles, fakery has also come about. Knowing what to look for and how to make your selection is more important than ever. Type of Tea… Continue reading
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Golden Pu-erh Is Truly Golden
Pu-erh is one of those teas that can take multiple infusions and is often infused in smaller amounts. A lot of pu-erh is sold in large cakes where you have to break off a chunk to steep it. Some is sold in mini cakes (“tuochas”), which are sized about right for a small pot of… Continue reading
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Review — The English Tea Store’s Scottish Caramel Toffee Pu-erh
Name: Scottish Caramel Toffee Pu-erh Brand: English Tea Store Type: Pu-erh, flavored Form: Loose leaf Review: I do confess that I don’t normally think of Scotland and pu-erh as having any sort of natural connection to each other, though perhaps that is due to a lack of imagination on my part. I’m glad, though, that… Continue reading
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Tea Bricks: Transportation or Currency
Have you ever seen a brick of tea? It is tea leaves that have been packed into molds and pressed into a square or rectangle (or maybe a disk). In ancient times the tea bricks could be used as a form of currency. You can still buy tea in this form, usually Pu-erh tea. Bricks of… Continue reading
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Review — Golden Moon’s Pu-Erh
Name: Pu-Erh Brand: Golden Moon Type: Pu-Erh, shu/cooked Form: Loose leaf Review: Pu-Erh is perhaps best described as an “acquired taste”. Processed differently than most teas, it doesn’t taste much like the way we think tea ought to taste. Still, it can be quite delicious, as Golden Moon’s Pu-Erhproves. While pu-erh is often sold packed… Continue reading
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Brewing Tea Gongfu Style
By Stephanie Harkins [reposted from our sister blog] The Gongfu tea ceremony, also known as the Kungfu tea ceremony, literally means “Way of tea brewing with great skill”. The ceremony itself a Chinese method of brewing teas. Usually Oolong tea, which is a type of tea between green and black tea, or Pu-erh tea, which… Continue reading
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