Shu puer 2023 from old trees "Hekai" brand "Tea Line" 200 g.

Tea is not just a drink that warms us up on cold evenings or invigorates us in the morning. It is a real elixir of health that can not only quench thirst, but also help cope with one of the most common ailments of our time - depression.

In today's world, where environmental pollution is becoming an increasingly pressing problem, it is especially important to pay attention to the quality of the water we consume.

Pu-erh is one of the most unique types of tea, which only gets better with age. Many people, when they first encounter this tea, wondered: why is pu-erh more often found in pressed form (cakes, bricks, tochas), and not in loose form? The reasons for this are related to both history and the practical aspects of storing and fermenting tea. Despite modern technologies that allow the production of loose pu-erh, the shape of pressed cakes remains unchanged. And pu-erh is more often found on sale in pressed form, for example, in the form of cakes or bricks, and loose pu-erh is less common. We will talk about the reasons for pressing pu-erh into cakes in this article.

Puer is a unique Chinese tea that is distinguished by its depth of taste, complexity of aromas and versatility of aftertaste. Its taste characteristics are formed under the influence of many factors, from growing conditions to the brewing method. Let's look at the main ones.

Mount Hekai or He Kai (in Chinese 贺开山, Hèkāi shān) is an area that has been perfectly preserved to this day, it is one of the oldest mountains in Yunnan Province. The age of the local gardens is more than 1500 years, almost the entire area of the area is occupied by mountain ranges. The trees mainly grow in a natural environment, which allows puer from such mountainous places to be rich and rich in nutrients, which it feeds on from nature and the Sun.

In this video we will show you our tea expedition to Bu Lan Mountains in April 2017. Bu Lan Shan is a famous puer mountain located south of Menghai City, Yunnan Province, China.

Over time, some consumers who are part of the country's "tea elite" discover mainland Chinese tea. And only a few get acquainted with Taiwanese varieties. The path of a tea person is usually long and thorny, but ultimately it leads to the King of Teas - puer. But not everyone is able to go all the way from ordinary teas to puer and appreciate its qualities.

The tea ceremony occupies a special place in the centuries-old Eastern tradition. And although the essence of this phenomenon remains constant, the nature and external manifestations of the tea ceremony in different nations have their own national characteristics. In each Chinese province, the tea ceremony and the tea used in it are varied: for example, residents of the southern provinces prefer green tea, and residents of the northern provinces - red tea, in Fujian province they more often use Oolong tea, and in Yunnan province Puer tea is widely known.