The raw material of Yunnan Bowl-shaped Pu’erh Tea is spring tea buds and leaves of more than one hundred years old in Menghai Ancient Tree Tea District, Xishuangbanna. The technological process is complex. This tea is mild, very good for the stomach, long-term adherence to drinking can nourish the stomach. Yunnan Bowl-Shaped Ancient Fermented Pu'erh is aged since 2013
Brewing Method
Amount: Use 8 grams
Water Temperature: 212° F / 100° C
Brewing Procedure: When brewing the first time, wake the tea with boiling water - pour out the water after 5 seconds. Next, soak in boiling water the first time to third times 10-15 seconds or so, and then drink. After the fourth time brewing, increase the steeping time 8-10 seconds each time on. This tea will brew over 7 times.
Working with a compressed tea
The bowl shape is a compressed form often called tuo cha. Shape and fermentation are different characteristics: knowing that a tea is bowl-shaped does not, by itself, establish whether it is raw or ripe. The description above identifies this particular tea as fermented pu’erh and gives the age associated with the original lot.
To prepare a portion, work carefully along the layers rather than crushing the whole piece into fragments. Place the tea securely on a stable surface and keep your free hand away from the path of any tea tool. Preserving larger pieces makes it easier to compare sessions without one portion containing far more small particles than another.
A compressed piece can take time to loosen in water. Watch how it opens through the early infusions before deciding to increase the steeping time. If a later cup suddenly becomes much stronger, the expanding leaf may be part of the explanation. Empty the brewing vessel fully between rounds, and judge the next steep from the cup you have just tasted.
Keep a note of the portion weight and how tightly it was compressed. These observations help explain why two portions from the same tea can behave differently. Store the remaining tea away from strong odours, and retain its wrapper or other identifying information so that its history stays with it.