Tiếng ViệtOne of the first questions people tend to have about Pu-erh tea is why it has to be pressed into cakes or bricks. Historically, this was necessary for the manufacture and transportation of Pu-erh tea. Even though times have changed and current techniques make it easier to produce loose tea, the tradition of making pressed shapes […]
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The crafting of tea is an exacting process, developed over hundreds of years through trial and error. Today, scientific research has helped us define the chemical processes that occur during the various steps of crafting, but the long history and guarded crafting traditions have led to some common misconceptions and confusing terminology. In particular, “fermentation” is often […]