The unique and special aged, brewed tea is darkly red, and has a bold, earthy taste. For optimum brewing, use boiling water. Unlike most other teas, Pu-erh is usually purchased in a compresed state rather than loose leaves.

You just shave off some tea from the brick or ball, into your teapot. The flavour of Pu-erh it actually gets better with age. Letting it mellow will improve your cup of tea, just the treat for a jaded connoisseur's discriminating palate!

All teas have a wide spectrum of health benefits, but Pu-erh has an extra one. Drinking Pu-erh tea can help reduce cholesterol, according to scientific studies. By helping digestion, Pu-erh is the perfect tea after a heavy meal.

Type:            

fermented large leaf" variety of the tea plant Camellia sinensis

Origin:

China

Taste:

delightful, complex and earthy brew thickly mellow, very smooth

Preparation: 

one 'tea bricks' per infusion,  brew three to five minutes dependant on strength required this pure leaf tea can be re-infused until all the essence has been brewed from the leaf

Enjoy:   

exhilarating when drunk alone and deliciously full bodied when served with milk