„Mushroom shaped tea appeared in 1912. It was invented at that time in order to prevent the tea from going mouldy during the transportation. It was produced in Xia-Guan and Fo-Hai (two cities in south China) with the trademark "Bao-Yan". The production was then stopped in 1966. In 1986, the production was resumed due to the request of Buddhists in Tibet.“
Quotes Tags: Pu-erh, Mushroom - Jin Cha, Tea production, China
Tall and straight forest - Meng Pasha Pasha in the Aini language means tall and...
This high quality ripe cake is made of spring large-leaf varietal arbor tea from Ailao...
Mengsong is one of the oldest ancient tea area in Menghai. Baotang old village is...
This 200 gram tuo [nest shaped] tea from Xiaguan Tea Factory was stored in Guangzhou...
This tuo is made of wild arbor sun-dried material from Youle mountain, also called...
Processing: discontinuation of oxidation, rolling, sun drying, humidification, pressing...
„tong; 筒 - Literally a barrel or barrel shaped object. A tong in Yunnan tea culture is a bundle of 7 tea cakes wrapped in the outer skin of bamboo which naturally sheds from around the base of the bamboo stem. Each cake weighs 357grams so making a total of 2,499 gm. Said by some to have been calculated in order to remain under a specific legislated weight of 2.5 kg. There were originally said to be 8 cakes in a tong. The 8th being paid as a levy. An earlier unit of weight in China was the liang. A cake of tea weighed 7 liang and 7 cakes in a tong made 49 liang. “
Quotes Tags: Pu-erh, Tea production, Yunnan, China
This tea come from autumn 2014 harvest from Mengsong (Menghai), blend of tea from different villages, trees...
Packing: vacuum, 50 grams, packaged in Japan Tea is an original packaged in Japan and stored at low...
This tea most closely resembles CNNP 7532, but we are labeling it as tiepai [pasted brand] because it is...
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