The Tea Journal

Pu-erh Tea Guides

Pu-erh is a fermented tea from Yunnan, China, often pressed into cakes, bricks or small tuocha. Ripe (shou) pu-erh is earthy and smooth; raw (sheng) pu-erh starts bright and changes slowly with age.

These guides explain how pu-erh is made, how to break and rinse a cake, and how to brew it in short, repeated steeps. Explore our pu-erh tea collection.

Pu-erh Tea

How is puerh tea made?

How pu-erh tea is made, from traditional aging to modern production, and the difference between young and aged pu-erh in flavor, color and…

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Pu-erh Tea

The Tea Horse Road

Let’s follow tea to its roots in this blog on China’s ancient Tea Horse Road.

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