Pu-erh Tea: From Harvest to Cake Pressing
Linda Louie from Bana Tea Company recently visited Yunnan Province, China — the home of pu-erh tea. While there, besides picking up some great new teas, she shot photos and video footage of the pu-erh production process.
With her permission, I thought I would share her two videos. The first shows the initial processing of tea leaves, and the second details the pressing stage, where the leaves are compressed into cakes. Enjoy!
Preliminary pu-erh processing
Inside the Pu-erh Factory: Pressing the Leaves into Cakes
For more about the production of pu-erh, I also recommend checking out Linda’s photo gallery of her time in Yunnan. Be sure to also read Linda’s guest post on Tea Finely Brewed about pu-erh storage.
Disclaimer: You ought to know that Bana Tea Company advertises on Tea Finely Brewed.
Rebecca wrote:
Wow, they were really interesting! I can’t believe how much time and effort is put into pu-erh tea. I never realised!