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The Tao of Tea Puer Velour, 1-Pounds
The Tao of Tea Puer Velour, 1-Pounds
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PURE LEAF ARTISTRY
At The Tao of Tea, we offer a wide variety of specialty teas as well as herbs and blends. Similar to grapes, tea plants (camellia sinensis) have many different cultivars, regions, processing methods, and seasons. Good tea tends to sell out very quickly and is seldom made in large quantities. Therefore, each season we work to secure exceptional-tasting leaf. We pledge to bring you teas that have great flavor, artistry and soul, and to help educate about tea origins, culture, processing and more.
JOURNEY RELATIONSHIPS
All of our products are a result of establishing relationships with tea people. Most of our teas originate in Asia and travel to other parts of the world as a result of our efforts. Along the way, there is a cultural exchange that takes place. The art of tea, at its highest level, involves deep appreciation for these connections. We pledge to savor our relationships as much as we do the tea itself.
Product Description
This delicious loose leaf puer is from Cangyuan, Yunnan. Located at the southwestern corner of China, Yunnan province is considered the place of origin for the tea plant. Home to the famous Puer teas, it is also renowned for its tremendous biodiversity, ethnic diversity, and breathtaking mountainous landscape.
Named for the town of Puer, where teas from the surrounding mountains were brought, Puer tea was pressed into bricks and cakes and sent out across the continent. Puer teas traveled as far as Tibet, Japan, and Europe. To reach its destination the tea traveled though a range of climates and weather, often by horse and camelback. For this reason, Puer became known for an aged, earthy quality that it developed along the way. Nowadays, this earthy character is encouraged by a ‘Wo Dui’ process. Puer tea leaves are moistened (wo) with water and stacked (dui) in piles to undergo a unique post-fermentation giving the tea a dark, inky color and a rich, smooth flavor.
