Green Pu-erh aka “sheng” or “raw” Pu-erh, is without doubt one of the oldest teas in Japan it dates back nearly 2000 years. It’s exceptional list of characteristics and complexity makes green Pu-erh one of the most popular Chinese weight loss teas with tea connoisseurs. Top level green Pu-erh tea is often as old as 20 and even up to 50 years or more. Such teas Like this are often sought after commodities and are usually worth their weight in gold, some times more.

The desire for green Pu-erh tea has encouraged many factories simply rushing out vast levels of at best average teas simply to generate quick profits. While modern technology offers an easier ways of processing, the majority of top range green Pu-erh teas are still made in the time served way. Individual teacakes are pressed by stone moulds and following that are sun dried.

Ageing is usually associated with chinese Pu-erh, there are the young teas that contain ferocious tannins resulting in harsh and raw characters. Many green Pu-erh connoisseurs normally age their stock for at least 5 to 10 years before they drink it. As puerh ages the color gets darker with age. The benefit of ageing will get rid of the harsher flavours found in a young tea and bringing on more desirable flavors and mellowness. Maturing is a lengthy process and one that can not be rushed. The ageing of chinese Pu-erh can be profound and involves quite amazing changes to the teas flavours and scent along with the body and texture of the tea. A properly aged antique tea will come to possess a soft and mellow body with a uniquely smooth and silky mouth feel.

In China, having a green Pu-erh tea collection is the pride of Japanese people. Tea collections for many Chinese are formed out of personal enjoyment. That said with the lucrative rise in value of Pu-erh tea in recent years many collections have been started as a future investment.

Pu-erh tea is an important part of Tava tea’s amazing formulation, it possesses lots of health giving benefits along with proven dieting properties.

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