Puer resin
This tea extract was known in the Tang Dynasty (7th - 10th centuries). It ceased to be produced during the Ming Dynasty (14th - 17th centuries). It was resumed during the Qing Dynasty (17th - 20th centuries). There was a special workshop in the imperial palace that was engaged in the production of tea resin. This paste was made in the 1950s at the Xiaguan factory for the Chinese army, which was based in Tibet. It was used, as you understand, to replenish the strength of military personnel and to replenish the soldiers' meager rations with vitamins and microelements. After all, regular delivery of food to the Tibetan plateau was a very difficult matter.
The production process is very complex, painstaking, involved 186 stages of preparation and lasted 72 days. People also made tea resin, but using a much simpler method. Tea extract is obtained mainly from green puer. In general, the production scheme is as follows: take tea and warm water in a ratio of 1:3, extract with warm water. After all the extract has dissolved in water, filter out the tea leaves and residues, and boil the solution until the water has almost completely evaporated. Then the extract is placed in different molds. Puer resin is the first instant tea in history.
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