What is Pu-Er Tea? (Also called Dark or "Black" tea, Pu'er or Pu-Erh tea)

(Used for Pu-Er tea, a 1700 years old wild tea tree in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China)

The oldest tea trees in the world have been found in Yunnan, included are the King of Tea, 1700 years old; the Tea Grandfather, 2700 years old and the Tea Grandmother, 3000 years old.

Are you drink coffee daily? One suggestion for your health: Drink less coffee and try our "Tea Coffee" -Pu'er tea or Black tea which have similar color, good taste and you may add milk or sugar in it, just like coffee. You may even use your coffee maker to make tea, just like the way you make coffee. You may use half coffee and half Pu'er (or black) tea to make Yuan-Yang (Coffee-Tea) --a special Chinese drink in many Hong Kong Tea Restaurants.

Pu-Er is completely fermented tea, the only kind of teas that improves with age much like a fine wine. It is a collectable tea. Many Pu-Er tea collectors in Asia treat it as an investment. Old and valuable pieces of Puer cost more than a $1000 per pound. These fermented naturally over many years, called raw or "green" Pu-Er, are more expensive; those fermented artificially by manual processes are called cooked or "black" Pu-Er.
It is a "living" tea teeming with healthy microbes during it's manufacturing and storage process like yogurt or grape wine. Generally speaking, its flavor is the older the better but depending on the storage conditions (humid or dry). It's very hard to find a piece of Pu-Er tea more than 50 years old and kept in good condition in today's market.

Pu-Er loose tea is traditionally compressed into a variety of shapes and sizes for easy storage, included bricks, frisbee discs ("tea cake"), blocks, mushrooms, birds nests or other shape. The most common and famous one is Pu Er Disc. The best comes from the Yunnan province in South-Western China, including Xishuangbanna area, Simao and Pu-Er county. One of the most famous Pu-Er Discs is called Seven-Tea Discs (Heptacodium Cake) or Yuancha, or Qizi Bingcha (Chitsu Pingcha or Chi Tse Beeng Cha) in Chinese. Tea produced in these areas was therefore called "Puer Tea". This combination of environment, longitude, tea tree varieties, and processing techniques does not exist anywhere else in the world. Hence Pu-Erh is a very special and unique style of tea.

There are a lot of medicinal claims associates with the puer tea. Chinese medicine has long revered the healing powers of this tea and used it as a "herb" for a long time.

Best Season to Drink Pu-Er Tea: Falls; Pu-Er tea is your best choice if you feel a little uncomfortable in stomach after drinking green tea. Pu-Er tea is very good for your digestive system. You may drink the famous Chinese Chrysanthemum-Puer Tea (just add a little chrysanthemum flower into loose puer tea) all seasons.

How to Select Puer tea: the older the better if NOT moistened and moulded.

How to Make best loose Puer tea drink:

You may increase the amount of Antioxidants and decrease caffeine by making tea in correct way! Follow these steps to make a cup of good Pu Er tea:

How to Store the Pu-Erh Tea Discs:

The raw Pu-Erh discs may be kept for many years to have best taste from "natural cooked". The longer the better, like red wine. The "cooked" Pu-Erh discs are treated to have better taste and may be drunk directly. It may be still kept for years but not always "the longer the better". Both are kept in room temperature, not in basement, not in refrigerator, and not sealed with plastic bag.

1. Chinese Pu'er Milk Tea (taste good like coffee)

2. Famous Chrysanthemum-Puer Tea from Cantonese Tea House: Combine Chinese Chrysanthemum flower with Pu'er Loose Tea for good taste and detoxifying.

• Half tablespoon of dry Chinese Yellow or White Chrysanthemum Flower or 1/2 package of Chrysanthemum Instant Granule.
• Combine one tablespoon of loose Pu'er tea into a empty paper-filter teabag (or use a coffee maker)
• Follow the steps above to brew Pu'er tea

Package: 340 g (12 oz), Pressed Loose Tea Ripened Pu'er Tea Black Disc (Cake) Item 004 / 19.99 Sale $17.99 Foo Joy trade mark by Hong Kong Tea Clipper Co., Ripened ("Cooked" ) Pu'er loose tea black disc from Yunnan, China, about 3 years old. Used about one teaspoon each time for 4-5 cups; one disc is for more than 50 times or 200 cups.	Package: 125 g (4.4 oz), Pressed Loose Tea Pu'er Loose Tea Blocks Item 001 / $9.99 Sale $8.99 125 grams (4.4 oz), about 35 single wrapped loose tea blocks ("tea candies) in a package, from Yunnan, China with Chinese government "Safety & Green Food" Seals. Each loose teabag is good for 4-5 cups by adding boiling water again and the leaf floats to the bottom after a few minutes.
Package: 50 g (1.77 oz), Vacuun-sealed bag Hangzhou White Chrysanthemum Flower Item 006 / $4.99	Package: 227 g (8 oz), loose Yunnan black tea Ripened Premium Pu'er Tea from Old Trees Item 006 / $14.99