It is usually a very highly fermented tea. You can purchase Pu-erh tea in loose leaf form but the traditional and most widely way to purchase Pu-erh tea is in brick or cake form, where they compress the tea leaves extremely tightly into the shape of a disc, brick, square, bird’s nest or some other tightly compressed shape.The Chinese black Pu’erh produces a truly black color, almost identical to coffee, while Western black tea produces a dark red brew, and the Chinese named it red tea. Come to think of it, if anyone knows which tea is which it’s definitely the guys who started all of it.Pu’er or pu-erh is a variety of fermented tea produced in the Yunnan province of China. Fermentation in the context of tea production involves microbial fermentation and oxidation of the tea leaves, after they have been dried and rolled. This process is a Chinese specialty and produces tea known as 黑茶 hēichá (literally, ‘black tea’) commonly translated as ‘dark tea’.2004 Keyixing Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake 357g. 2004 Yunnan Keyixing Ripe Pu-erh Tea Cake The brewed liquor shows a beautiful red wine color and qu.. $29.99How to Brew Pu-erh Cakes Ripe Cakes. Ripe Pu-erh cakes indicate that the leaves have been aged, just as our loose leaf pu-erh and sachet offerings. To brew the ripe Pu-erh cakes, dislodge about one teaspoon of tea leaves and follow the instructions below. Bring fresh, filtered water to a boil (212℉).Origin: Mannong village, Yunnan province, China Elevation: 1,400 – 1,850m Cultivar: Menghai Broad Leaf Harvest Date: Summer 2009 This vintage tea consists of aged shu pu’er that is compressed into a cake and packed in traditional bamboo leaf bundles called a tong. This reserve pu’er tea is released only when it is ready. A deep garnet infusion with a dense, opaque liquor bears a mellow …A guide to choosing a puerh tea that you’ll love November 18 2015. … These little mushroom shaped shou puerh teas are packed with rich aroma and flavor. They brew BLACK with an aroma like a spiced dark rum. … If you’re into the maltier / bolder black tea flavors we might not have something to match your palate at this time.Raw pu erh tea can be stored at home, there is endless fun and excitement to watch the gradually deeper color changing of the raw pu erh tea leaves year after year, and the fragrance becomes more and more mellow, just like the accumulation of our life experience. Of course, the value of pu erh tea will also rise year by year.Our “Crimson Rooster” is a ripe pu-erh tea cake composed of a blend of tea leaves harvested in Spring 2016 from the Mengku region of Lincang. The tea underwent wet piling in Menghai (Xishuangbanna) under the supervision of the same wet piling master as our 2015 Green Miracle and 2016 Immortal Monkey. The tea is stro