Pu Erh Tea Brewing

Overview information pu erh tea is made from the leaves and stems of the camellia sinensis plant.

Pu erh tea brewing.

Bring fresh filtered water to a boil 212. Pu erh hei cha are usually purchased as a compressed unit of tea a round disc rectangle square or bird s nest tuo cha etc. If you are brewing tea from a pu erh cake break off a small piece of tea using your prying pick. Brewing pu erh tea the temperature of the water is especially important when brewing pu erh tea in the traditional chinese method.

To brew the ripe pu erh cakes dislodge about one teaspoon of tea leaves and follow the instructions below. Traditionally this variety of tea is made using a yixing teapot or a gawain teabowl. This is the same plant that is used for making green oolong and black teas. Or as loose leaf tea.

Pu erh teas are available as a cake of compressed tea leaves loose tea leaves or in tea bags. The liquor itself is a bright red brown color which is clear and very deeply mellow and earthy. Ripe pu erh cakes indicate that the leaves have been aged just as our loose leaf pu erh and sachet offerings. You will notice with each re brewing of the leaves the brewed tea.

Whether you are using loose leaf pu erh or a pu erh cake we recommend that you use approximately 3 4g of pu erh tea per 200ml of water. Compressed tea needs to be broken into small pieces and an appropriate amount of these pieces is then steeped in a chinese gaiwan or an un glazed clay yixing teapot or other type of small. Be sure that your water is at or around 212.