Pu-erh tea: Difference between revisions

'''Pu-erh tea''' (普洱茶) or '''pu'er tea''', is a variety of fermented tea produced in Yunnan province, China. Fermentation is a tea production style in which the tea leaves undergo microbial [[Fermentation|fermentation]] and [[Oxidation|oxidation]] after they are dried and rolled. This process is a Chinese specialty and produces tea known as [[Hei Cha]] (黑茶). The most famous variety of this category of tea is Pu-erh from Yunnan Province, named after the trading post for Hei Cha during imperial China. Good Pu-Erh tea is made of tea leaves harvested of ancient tea trees (Gu Shu). Initially it was assumed that thoes trees are just very tall [[Cammelia sinensis var. Assamica|Assam]] bushes but recent DNA test showed that it's an entire new species. The discoverer named this plant [[Camellia taliensis]] to honor the Dai (Thai) minority which uses this plant traditionally to produce tea.