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Xiaguan’s 2016 Loose Tea Is Not So Xiaguan? A Review!

teasenz — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:31:13 +0000

For pu erh enthousiasts, Xiaguan is without doubt the brand that is defined by their signature tightly compressed tuocha shape (bowl shape). In 2016, Xiaguan surprised the world by releasing a raw and ripe loose pu erh tea in fancy boxes. Since we got our hands on both of them through Puerhtea.eu, it’s time to taste and review! As we can see both the ripe (left) and raw (right) packaging are similar in style with a bamboo print in the front. Both packaged state that it contains 100g of tea and that ‘first grade’ (一级) leaves are used. The ripe pu erh box simply states ‘pu erh tea’ as its title, while the raw variant is called ‘Spring Tips’. 2016 Xiaguan Spring Tips Review When opening the bag inside the, we directly noticed that the […]

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Pu erh Grading Standard

Sonia — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:19:25 +0000

Each tea has its own grading standard based on its quality and condition. Pu erh is the same. Due to the quality of raw material (mao cha / 毛茶) and the difference in process, Pu erh is sorted into ten grades. From the highest grade to the lowest, there is Gong Ting Pu erh (宫廷普洱 / the Imperial Grade), the Gift Tea Grade, the Special Grade, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th grade and 10th Grade. Generally, the higher grades of Pu erh have more buds, while the lower grades contain larger and less tender leaves. Let’s check out the grading standard: Grade Dry Leaves Liquor Taste & Aroma Brewed Leaves Imperial Grade Tightly rolled, straight, fine golden buds Red and dense with rich fragrance Heavy and mellow, 10+ steeps […]

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What is “Wet Piling” (Wo Dui)?

Sonia — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 09:58:17 +0000

Traditional sheng pu erh tea can take years to age, before it developed this smooth and sweet flavour that tea lovers longed for. Yet, this wasn’t at all an issue in the early days. Men and horses transported the cakes by foot along the ancient tea horse road to neighbouring countries. Such journey’s where long, allowing the teas to properly age while they were on the way to their destination. In addition, the tea houses in Hong Kong and Guangdong stored lots of pu erh so that they could age many years before they were served to customers. However, as transportation improved and demand increased, slowly it was obvious that there was a scarcity of properly aged pu erh. Mankind, therefore invented the ‘wet piling’ or ‘wet storage’ method. Wet piling, in China known as ‘wo dui’ […]

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Pu Erh Tea Production Process in China

teasenz — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:54:36 +0000

Here’s a video recorded during a tea exhibition in Yunnan, China. Discover how pu erh tea is compressed into beautiful cakes below: Find out more about Teasenz’ Yunnan pu erh tea collection.

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DIY Infographic: Pu Erh Tea Aged In Pomelo Citrus Fruit

teasenz — Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:50:54 +0000

Learn how to let pu erh tea age in the skin of a pomelo and do it yourself! See the infographic below:

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Purple Tea, Coffee Leaf Tea, Alcoholic Tea & More

teasenz — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 09:07:10 +0000

Lots of things are happening around the world when it comes to tea. Here’s a summary of all the news that you have to know about from this week. Purple Tea? Nelson Kibara has been growing tea in the Kerugoya region for 40 years. He said the prices this year have been so low that he has been left with almost no profit at all. To survive, he said, he needs to diversify. He thinks growing ‘Purple tea’ is the solution…Read More Invest In Pu Erh Tea Pu erh prices can sometimes be from another planet as we mentioned before in our article about Taetea’s pu erh tea cake. A growing number of Chinese are buying pu erh as an investment, like wine. In one of China’s biggest recorded sales, two kilos of Pu’erh tea […]

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Pu Erh Tea, But Different: Breakable Chocolate Bar Shape For Easy Steeping

teasenz — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:00:59 +0000

25.000 USD: TaeTea’s Horse Year 2014 Pu Erh Tea

teasenz — Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:54:48 +0000

Chinese news agency, cnfold.com, reports that Taetea group announced its launch of the 2013 lunar year memmorial tea. The pu erh tea cake is called the ‘Hero Horse Tea’ as China is about to enter the year of the horse. This pu erh tea is part of the company’s ‘Tea Zodiac Series’ which is very popular among Chinese and Hong Kong pu erh collectors. The Hero Horse 100% made using traditional manual processing methods starting from the selection of raw materials. The leaves are handpicked and only the best leaves are sorted out for this tea cake. This is followed by processing using precise baking time and temperatures. The taste is said to be slightly floral with a clear yellow bright liquor that is a recognizable feature of mengtai tea trees. This pu erh was […]

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Teatea’s Classic ‘Dragon Seal’ Pu’erh Cake Price Collapses 20-30% from 6500 USD High

teasenz — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 09:31:53 +0000

Major tea collectors in China are showing decreasing interest in investing in the luxury line of Teatea pu’erh tea. Industry leaders believe this is a good thing; too much price increases due to investments only hurt the brand in the long run. Thus this development is seen positively by experts and they believe that this is also beneficial to consumers who buy pu’erh tea for consumption rather than collection. Recently, the big benefits of “Dragon Seal”, “Snake Cake” and other classic products dropped in prices. The ‘colapse theory’ that is currently circling in the tea industry explains that the collapse started by an authority tea microblogger who forwarded the rumor to his tea enthusiasts circle of friends, who in turn forwarded this to their circles. Most pu’erh tea experts believe that the current round of […]

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Mini Pu’erh tea

teasenz — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 07:17:45 +0000

Mini Pu’erh tea Mini Pu’erh tea in chocolate bar shape. Leaves picked by Teasenz tea masters.

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