Pu'er Tea Tasting at Ten Fu Tea in Kunming, Yunnan, China
Pu’er tea is still a mystery to me. I like it and enjoy it, I truly do, but I still don’t know much about the process and the aging related factors. There’s no one to explain to me at the tea shop in China, and there’s not enough information to study in English. It’s like a wine; there are more and more informations and knowledge to learn.
I started drink Pu’er tea when my obsession to good tea started about six years ago. In Korea, they call it ‘Boi Cha’, since that’s how phonetically read Chinese character. So I finally, and recently connected the dot that Boi cha is Pu’er tea. Oh the language barrier.
In Yunnan Province, the home of Pu’er tea, Stephen and I visited Kunming Ten Fu Tea for a tasting. We are both very into tea, especially Pu’er tea, so it was one of the very important projects to do. One girl at the shop spoke enough English to explain us the process of Pu’er tea tasting. We experienced some language barriers but we all had a good laugh with it.
We tasted 2 year old and 3 year old Pu’er tea, and purchased 2 year old 358 grams disk for 80 yuan (13 US$). Pu’er is well known for its ageability, but it doesn’t mean that older one is better. It’s about your preference.
We made the process and the information into a video. Do you like Pu’er Tea? What do you think about the tasting? Let me know what you think!
I’ve never even heard of this tea, but it sounds interesting. I’ll have to try it if (when) I go to China.
I love Pu-er’s for the most part some are too dirty tasting. They are a somewhat acquired taste. I had a thirty year aged tea on my 30th birthday! I would love to visit Yunnan some day
Pu ‘er are great teas, but it is very important to have a good quality, other wise it will be a bad experience
Yes I agree. I had some highest quality Pu’er in China. Great experience.