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What is Puerh?
Puerh (pu-erh, pu'erh, pu'er, pu erh, puer, pu) tea comes from old, wild broad leaf trees of the assamica variety, grown in and around southwest China. It has unique chemical properties making it especially mellow and suitable for aging. It's often compressed into cakes or bricks. It comes in two types:
- Raw (sheng, shengcha, qingcha) tea is similar to green tea in that it's unprocessed.
- Ripe (shu, shucha, aka cooked) tea is carefully aged in controlled warm and humid conditions to promote bacterial and fungal fermentation. The taste of these teas varies with factory because local bacterial and fungal cultures vary.
About Puerh
Getting started
Brewing Puerh
- How I drink my pu-erh..... (Quick and Easy Method) is a basic tutorial on making tea using a Yixing pot. The same steps can be used to make tea in a gaiwan.
- Water temperature for pu-erh
- Brewing Parameters for Puerh
- When brewing puerh... (Clumps or Bits)
- Brewing pu-erh (Tips)
- How Do You Know Its the Last Infusion?
List of Puerh Teas
From SOTD- sheng of the day. The # are the post numbers within the thread (through post #560)
- ???? 12 Gentleman Chun ya shen yun #50, 250
- ???? Golden Monkey black tea from Yunnan province #252
- ???? Mengku Bingdao Arbor Maocha #59
- ???? Mengyan Guoyan Classics 66 shengpu #319
- 1996 7581 Zhuancha #517
- 1998 Lincang 'CNNP' #222, 369, 461, 506
- 1999 Gu Simao "Fang Cha" #485
- 2000 CNNP "Green Mark" #118
- 2000 Fu Hai 7536 Green Mark #258, 344, 467
- 2000 Long Yuan Hao - Yi Wu Mountain #432, 475
- 2000 Long Yuan Hao #382, 400, 426
- 2000 Zhongcha Green Mark #306
- 2001 Mengku YYX Thin papered #86
- 2001 Yiwu Zhengshan Old Tree #100
- 2002 Bulang Mountain #375, 359, 415
- 2002 CNNP Bing Dao of Mengku #119, 120, 200, 459
- 2002 Hai Lang Hao Mengku Wild Arbor cake #422, 446, 472, 557
- 2002 Hailanghao "Qiaomu" #38
- 2002 Jingmai Mountain Wild Arbor raw tea brick #393, 501, 510
- 2002 Mengku Spring Tips White Label #249
- 2003 "HK Henry" Menghai 7542 #86, 123
- 2003 Autumn Chen-Guang-He Tang "Yi Wu Zheng Shan Shi Pin" #189, 328
- 2003 CNNP Grand Yellow Label #133
- 2003 Jing Mai - Tailian #373
- 2003 Jing Mai Round Cake #433, 474, 489, 516
- 2003 Munming Tailian "Yuancha" #51
- 2003 Yi-Chan-Hao Yi-Ban Wild Arbor #47, 86
- 2004 Liming Yue Chen Yue Xiang Puerh Cake #511
- 2005 Changtai 1st Pu'er Trade Fair #338
- 2005 Chun Ming Feng Shan 702 #536
- 2005 CNNP Yellow Label #428
- 2005 Green City Peak #194
- 2005 Hailanghao "Motian Yinhao" #122
- 2005 Menghai 7542 #19, 145, 261, 335, 486
- 2005 Mengku Green City Peak #353
- 2005 Peacock of Mengsong #533
- 2005 Yong Pin Hao Stone Pressed Yi Wu #84, 219, 272, 383, 465, 521
- 2006 12 Gentlemen Da Ba Hao #2
- 2006 12 Gentlemen Yiwu #56
- 2006 Arbor Yinhao Tuocha #310
- 2006 Autumn "Yi Wu Yeh Cha" #178, 309
- 2006 Changtai 339 #225
- 2006 Chawang Yunnan Silver #299
- 2006 Chen Guang-Ho Tang Autumn "Yi Wu Ye Cha" #198
- 2006 Haiwan Pure Purple Bud raw #39
- 2006 Long Yuan Hao - Century Old Wild Arbor #544
- 2006 Mengku early spring #55, 161, 351
- 2006 Old Tree Banzhang #98
- 2006 Shuangjiang Mengku Mu Shu Cha #442
- 2006 Shuangjiang Mengku Shu Cha #254
- 2006 Xiaguan Fei Tai Nan Zhao tuo #327
- 2006 Xizihao "Chahuang" #163
- 2006 YiWu Ye Cha #86
- 2007 12 Gentlemen Yiwu #470
- 2007 Bulang Spring Buds #431
- 2007 Douji Eco Ancient Tree #551
- 2007 Golden Melon Pu-erh Tribute Tuocha #345
- 2007 Guoyan Yiwu Zen Sham Wild Arbor #365
- 2007 Hailanghao "Jingmai Wild Arbor" #147
- 2007 Mangsa Arbor #275
- 2007 Menghai Dayi Yue Chen Yue Xiang shupu #449
- 2007 Mengku Mu Ye Chun 001 #216, 410
- 2007 Mengyang Guoyan classic 88 #83, 257
- 2007 Mengyang Guoyan Phoenix of Yiwu #233, 533
- 2007 Mengyang Guoyan Star of Bulang #253, 284, 366
- 2007 Mengyang Guoyan Yiwu arbor #150
- 2007 Premium Yiwu Autumn Maocha #391
- 2007 Seven Color Spring bing #535
- 2007 Simao maocha #245
- 2007 Spring Yiwu Arbor Mao Cha from puerh shop. #5
- 2007 Xiaguan Baoyan dirty brick #215, 285, 288, 435, 512
- 2007 Xiaguan gold medal tuo #337, 469, 550
- 2007 Xiaguan "Holy Flame" Raw Pu-erh tea tuo #264, 280
- 2007 Xiaguan Tibetan Flame brick #227, 234, 242, 283, 287, 464
- 2007 Xi Zhi Hao 8582 #1, 12, 52, 356
- 2007 Xizhihao Sanhotang Dragon & Phoenix #17, 184, 513
- 2007 Yongpinhao yiwu #111, 199, 293, 355, 401, 560
- 2007 Yuan Nian Yi Wu Mountain #478
- 2008 Bamboo wrapped Yuole #18
- 2008 Banga Gong, T. Rex collection #33
- 2008 Bulang Arbor #213, 488
- 2008 De Hong #125, 169, 212
- 2008 Dehong #402
- 2008 Dehong Purple Musky #481
- 2008 Douji Dadou micro-brick #476
- 2008 Douji Dadou Pu-erh Tea Brick #196
- 2008 Early spring Melon of Dahong #244
- 2008 Guoyan "Deep Mountain, Old Tree" #226
- 2008 Lao Ban Zhang Wild Arbor #519
- 2008 Meiguohao #143
- 2008 Menghai 5 Star Vajra Dayi #406
- 2008 Menghai "Peacock of Mengsong" #186, 246, 395
- 2008 Menghai 7542-801 #333
- 2008 Menghai 8582 #11, 274, 368
- 2008 Menghai "08 Qing" Tuocha (801) #502
- 2008 Menghai Peacock of Mengsong #204, 381
- 2008 Mengku (Shuangjiang) Bing Dao Spring Cake #176, 286
- 2008 Nannuo Arbor Maocha #507
- 2008 Purple Brick of Dehong #248
- 2008 Shuangjiang Mengku Bingdao #385, 483, 468
- 2008 Shuangjiang Menku - Muyechun brand "001" #490
- 2008 Xiaguan "Double Happiness" #386
- 2008 Xiaguan "Duling Fengsao" #444
- 2008 Xiaguan "Hongloumeng" tuocha #15
- 2008 Xiaguan Fei Tai Baoyan mushroom (jincha) #192, 525
- 2008 Xiaguan Fei Tai "Happy Tuo" #322, 360
- 2008 Xiaguan Fei Tai Jincha (Mushroom) #45, 153, 238 276, 503, 522
- 2008 Xiaguan Fei Tai Nan Zhou #208, 312, 473, 537
- 2008 Xiaguan Fei Tai Xi Zi tuo #205, 247, 363
- 2008 Yi Wu Mountain Bamboo Raw #49
- 2008 Yi Wu, Bamboo Pressed #534
- 2008 Yiwu Zhengshan #243
- 2008 Yiwu zhengshan Bulang arbor #214, 234, 279
- 2008 Yongpinhao Yiwu #354
- 2008 YS Dehong #44, 61
- 2008 YSE Wild Tree Raw Pu-erh of Dehong #543
- 2009 Peacock of Menghai #456