Pu'er tea brick [Yunnan Pu'er specialty]

What is Pu erh tea brick? Authentic Yunnan Pu'er specialty: Pu'er tea brick

Content summary:Do you want to know what Pu'er tea brick is? This article is a detailed introduction toYunnan Pu'er specialty - Pu'er tea bricks. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Pu'er tea bricks. The full text takes about 5 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Pu'er tea bricks and their nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Pu'er tea bricks? How did the history of Pu'er tea bricks come about? The production method of Pu'er tea bricks, etc

Basic Introduction to Pu'er Tea Bricks

Pu'er tea is a local famous tea unique to Yunnan that has been formed throughout history. In ancient times, Pu'er tea was often made into various shapes for convenient transportation. The block shaped ones are called Pu'er brick tea

What are the product characteristics of Pu'er tea bricks?

Pu'er tea bricks have a millet colored soup, relatively clear, breathable tea soup, and very few tiny suspended solids. The tea soup has a clear camphor aroma, a slight astringency, a smooth and refreshing taste, obvious aftertaste, strong saliva production, slightly thin water content, and dark brown color at the bottom of the leaves.

Relatively uniform and bright, with fewer bouquets, the leaves are relatively soft and elastic when pinched.

How does the history of Pu'er tea bricks come about?

Tea bricks appeared during the Guangxu period, and many tea producing areas began to produce brick tea.

. Due to the large volume, light weight, and inconvenient transportation of bulk products handed over by tea farmers to Shanxi merchants in the past, and the need to pack tea leaves into bamboo baskets, press them firmly, and then transport them, there is considerable wear and tear. In order to meet the requirements of tea merchants, brick tea production emerged. The earliest appearance of tea bricks dates back to the early years of the Guangxu reign, and their pressing methods were extremely naive and simple, usually manually pressed. After the fourth year of Guangxu (1878), Jin merchants gradually adopted hydraulic presses and steam engines to process brick tea in the production of brick tea. This method of making brick tea is simple, effective, and easy to operate. It can be said that the advanced industrial technology of the West first appeared in China because of the tea trade. As a historical record, tea bricks truly reflect the historical appearance of China's foreign trade in the Qing Dynasty, as well as the development and evolution of modern technology in China

The production method of Pu'er tea bricks

All brick teas are formed by steaming and pressing, but the forming method is different. Black bricks, flower bricks, Fu bricks, green bricks, and rice brick tea are formed by machine pressing; Kangbrick tea is made by using sticks and hammers to shape it. In the pressing technology of brick tea, steaming and composting is a unique process in the pressing of Fu bricks, and it also has a special process of allowing yellow mold to grow on it, commonly known as "golden flower". Fuzhuan tea is of the highest quality with more golden mold flowers, and the more mold flowers there are, the better the quality