The world-famous Chinese pu'er tea, to the surprise of the Puerto addicts, is not loved by everyone. And often the reason for this lies not in the peculiarities of the taste of a puree drink, although it does happen, but in illiterate brewing, leading to a distortion of the true flavoring bouquet.
To enjoy a great invigorating puer, 3 factors must be followed:
- Originally high quality tea.
- Purified soft water.
- Correct brewing.
The original puer is produced in Yunnan, in the area of the Six Famous Tea Mountains.
Only here comes high-quality Shen Pu'er and Shu Pu'er grown, harvested and processed according to approved standards.
Filtered soft water is important for a clean, true taste without mineral or metallic impurities.
How do shen pu'er and shu pu'er tastes differ?
Despite raw materials collected from the same bushes, different processing technologies allow you to get two radically opposite types of tea: juicy bright shen and soft spicy shu.
The shen pu'er treatment steps involve withering, twisting, and drying the leaves to allow for subsequent fermentation, and shu pu'er is further twisted and starts microbial fermentation in wet heaps.
And shen and shu puers have high tonic properties, only raw gives a light infusion with light acidity and sweet-honey notes in the aftertaste, and mature is distinguished by an infusion of dark color with some heaviness and velvety taste and is characterized by shades of & laquo; earthy taste & raquo;, sometimes with aromas of smoke or dried fruits, but without sweets.
Even by the color of the dry brew, Shen Pu'er and Shu Pu'er are easy to distinguish from each other - light green from brown-black.
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Correct brewing of puers
Puree tea can be delivered loose and in molds.
If you have pressed tea, the initial task is to carefully separate fragments with minimal damage to dry leaves.
Use a special knife or awl.
For one serving of tea, you need to take about 4-5 grams of brew per 150 ml of water. Water temperature should be high, but not boiling:
- For young shen puer & ndash; up to 90 degrees;
- For aged shen pu & ndash; up to 95 degrees;
- For shu pu - up to 98 degrees.
Due to the fact that puers can be stored for a long time, and, accordingly, covered with dust, it is recommended to pre-rinse the brew with boiling water.
From the second brewing, the drink is ready for consumption.
The young shen, if you overexpose time, will give strong bitterness, so the first two brews are aged only 3-5 seconds.
Next, each exposure (up to 8-10, if the puer is of high quality) is extended by 15-20 seconds.
Expert Opinion
The large amount of essential oils in the puera makes the aroma of tea rich and persistent, so it is better to use ceramic or glassware for tea drinking. Clay kettles and gaivani are not suitable, because porous walls retain and accumulate a puffy smell, reproducing it during subsequent brewing.
Our supplies & ndash; these are raw materials from the best certified plantations of the Yunnan region and you can be sure that the tasty and aromatic bouquet of the finished drink will fully correspond to the characteristics of the variety.
We guarantee the perfect quality of all sold puers, wishing you only delicious tea.