Pu Erh Tea

Puer Tea: Where to Buy?

Terza Luna is the ideal shop to buy the best quality pu erh tea

Within Terza Luna's specialized online shop, you can buy Chinese Pu Erh tea of the best varieties carefully selected after years of passionate research.

We are indeed one of the most well-stocked online tea shops in Italy with over 600 different products, carefully chosen from the world's best tea, herbal teas, and spices producers.

Buying Pu Erh Tea online at Terza Luna is simple, very simple indeed. Just add your favorite products to the cart, enter the shipping details, and choose your preferred payment method. Your order will be shipped within 48 hours.

Pu Erh Tea - Fermented Chinese Red Tea

Pu Erh, Pu'er, Puer, or Po Lei is a post-fermented tea cultivated and produced in China, in the Ying-Shen region, Yunnan province. It is a very particular tea due to the processing with fermentation and aging that characterizes it, and the form in which it can be found in the market. Pu erh tea can be found in loose leaves, but the compressed form, in tea bricks or 'tea cakes,' is more common.

The name Pu erh comes from the name of the Pu'er county, where the tea black market was located during the imperial China period. Pu erh tea was transported by land to this county through the 'Tea and Horse Road.'

Pu Erh tea gives rise to an infusion with a very dark red color, hence the name red tea. It should not be confused with Rooibos, also called red tea but not a real tea. Pu Erh tea is instead derived from the Camellia Sinensis plant, and in China, it is called red tea like all post-fermented teas. In reality, we can talk about black tea and green tea, based on the processing. In the West, the most common variety is fermented black Pu Erh tea.

Pu Erh Tea Preparation

How to prepare Pu Erh Tea according to the traditional method?

Pu Erh tea is famous worldwide not only for its taste and fermentation but also for the forms in which it can be purchased. From the classic cake form - tea cake - to the tea brick. However, it is also possible to buy loose Pu Erh tea.

The preparation of Pu Erh Tea requires special care. Since it is a precious tea, it is always good to use traditional tea utensils and services. One of the traditional Chinese methods for preparing Pu Erh tea is the Gong Fu method. Let's see how to prepare a high-quality Pu Erh tea.

• Take about 4 or 5 grams of leaves from the Pu Erh tea brick.
• Heat both the teapot and chosen cups with boiling water.
• Only after completing this step, insert the Pu Erh tea leaves and pour water at 95°C.
• Immediately discard the first infusion to wash our Pu Erh tea.
• After this, pour water at 95°C again over the Pu Erh tea leaves.
• 1 minute of infusion is enough to complete our Pu Erh tea preparation.

Labor of Pu'er Tea

Pu Erh tea is a true rarity, it is a post-fermented tea of ancient production (since the Tang dynasty), often oxidized, but different from a classic black tea due to the different processing methods it undergoes.

The processing of Pu-erh tea occurs in various stages, the leaves are matured in specific underground cellars, and the fermentation, which gives a full and sweet taste, is a prolonged microbial fermentation. Aging is a crucial part of the Pu-erh processing process, as this Chinese red tea improves over time, just like wine and many fermented products. There are also two types, the cooked or aged Pu-erh tea (ripe) and the raw Pu-erh tea (raw): this differentiation arises from the need to accelerate the fermentation process of the tea, and therefore we have the cooked Pu-erh, otherwise it should be aged for at least 5 years before selling it. **Taste and Aromas** Pu-erh tea has a very particular taste, and it may take some time to get used to it. It presents aromas of damp earth, moss, and wood. It appears as a full-bodied, intense red liquid, and the taste is surprisingly sweet, woody, suitable for relaxing afternoons, post-meal, but especially for rich and savory breakfasts. These teas can be very precious, and this characteristic is reflected in the taste. **Does Pu-erh tea contain caffeine?** Being a fermented tea, this tea has reduced caffeine content, and therefore it can be consumed even in the late afternoon without particular contraindications for sleep. **Pu-erh Tea: Benefits and Properties** **Fermented tea ally of our body** Unlike other traditional teas, Pu-erh teas have the characteristic of improving their flavors over time, just like wines. In fact, these fermented Chinese teas are stored in warm and humid places to develop the bacteria that allow the traditional fermentation of tea. Unknown in the West for a long time, Pu-erh teas have long been appreciated in China for their health properties. Fermentation makes the properties of Pu-erh tea and its unique benefits unmatched in other teas. We can indeed say that Pu-erh is an ally of our body, thanks to the bacteria that feed the fermentation. Among the benefits of Pu-erh tea are also the ability to lower cholesterol and burn fat more quickly, a strong draining action. Pu-erh Teas are also known to prevent cardiovascular diseases. Pu-erh tea has a low tannin content, and it is excellent for aiding digestion, for those who need to follow diets low in sugars and fats. **Prices of Pu-erh Teas on Terza Luna** Are you looking for information on the price of Pu-erh teas for sale online on Terza Luna? You should know that, just like wines, these fermented Chinese teas have prices that vary depending on the vintage, the type of plant from which the harvest was made, and the type of storage. **Buy Pu-erh Teas online on Terza Luna** Now that you have discovered where to buy high-quality Pu-erh tea, choose among the vintages that interest you the most and add them to the cart of our online shop.