Pu Er is the regular tea which Tibetan and Mongolian drink every day. They believe that Pu Erh tea can help them "digest" meats and may feel sick if not drinking Pu'er tea in a day since they eat a lot of meats as their regular food.

(Used for Pu-Er tea, a 1700 years old wild tea tree in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China)

The oldest tea trees in the world have been found in Yunnan, included are the King of Tea, 1700 years old; the Tea Grandfather, 2700 years old and the Tea Grandmother, 3000 years old.

Are you drink coffee daily? One suggestion for your health: Drink less coffee and try our "Tea Coffee" -Pu'er tea or Black tea which have similar color, good taste and you may add milk or sugar in it, just like coffee. You may even use your coffee maker to make tea, just like the way you make coffee. You may use half coffee and half Pu'er (or black) tea to make Yuan-Yang (Coffee-Tea) --a special Chinese drink in many Hong Kong Tea Restaurants.

Pu-Er is completely fermented tea, the only kind of teas that improves with age much like a fine wine. It is a collectable tea. Many Pu-Er tea collectors in Asia treat it as an investment. Old and valuable pieces of Puer cost more than a $1000 per pound. These fermented naturally over many years, called raw or "green" Pu-Er, are more expensive; those fermented artificially by manual processes are called cooked or "black" Pu-Er.
It is a "living" tea teeming with healthy microbes during it's manufacturing and storage process like yogurt or grape wine. Generally speaking, its flavor is the older the better but depending on the storage conditions (humid or dry). It's very hard to find a piece of Pu-Er tea more than 50 years old and kept in good condition in today's market.

Pu-Er loose tea is traditionally compressed into a variety of shapes and sizes for easy storage, included bricks, frisbee discs ("tea cake"), blocks, mushrooms, birds nests or other shape. The most common and famous one is Pu Er Disc. The best comes from the Yunnan province in South-Western China, including Xishuangbanna area, Simao and Pu-Er county. One of the most famous Pu-Er Discs is called Seven-Tea Discs (Heptacodium Cake) or Yuancha, or Qizi Bingcha (Chitsu Pingcha or Chi Tse Beeng Cha) in Chinese. Tea produced in these areas was therefore called "Puer Tea". This combination of environment, longitude, tea tree varieties, and processing techniques does not exist anywhere else in the world. Hence Pu-Erh is a very special and unique style of tea.

There are a lot of medicinal claims associates with the puer tea. Chinese medicine has long revered the healing powers of this tea and used it as a "herb" for a long time.

Best Season to Drink Pu-Er Tea: Falls; Pu-Er tea is your best choice if you feel a little uncomfortable in stomach after drinking green tea. Pu-Er tea is very good for your digestive system. You may drink the famous Chinese Chrysanthemum-Puer Tea (just add a little chrysanthemum flower into loose puer tea) all seasons.

How to Select Puer tea: the older the better if NOT moistened and moulded.

How to Make best loose Puer tea drink:

You may increase the amount of Antioxidants and decrease caffeine by making tea in correct way! Follow these steps to make a cup of good Pu Er tea:

1. Select Pu-Er disc or Loose puer tea brewed to make tea rather than regular tea bags and use a paper filter sack (No filter bags are needed for our special Puer Loose Tea Blocks). For tea disc (tea cake), it's better to break the disc into very small pieces 2 weeks ago and keep the loose tea in a tea can. Add boiling water to rinse for 30 seconds and throw water away;
2. Use the best water, if possible, to make best tea, the best water is spring or natural artesian water, but NOT purified water. Use boiling fresh water to brew for 3-5 minutes. Drink light tea all the time. Add some water any time if you find the tea too strong for you.
3. You may add boiling water again and again for 4-6 times, but add just enough water for one cup each time. Do not add several cups of water once or brewed for a long time before drinking. Never drink tea infused over night.
4. You may drink puer tea all the time. It never irritate your stomach.
5. You may add chrysanthemum flower, milk or honey into tea for good taste of Chrysanthemum-Puer Tea, Puer Milk Tea or honey tea.

Pu'er Loose Tea Blocks Item001 $14.99 Sale $9.99 125 grams (4.4 oz) in total, 42-43 single wrapped loose tea blocks ("tea candies) in a carton, each loose teabag is good for 4-5 cups of tasty tea by again adding boiling water. Note: the leaf floats to the bottom after a few minutes and no filter or special cup are needed. Click for a picture of carton.

Pu'er Loose Tea Black Disc-Red Mark Item024 $19.99 Sale $14.99 Black (cook) Pu-Er tea disc from Yunnan, China, 340 grams (12 oz), year of 2005. Used about 2 grams each time for 4-5 cups of tea; one disc is enough for more than 100 times or 800 cups in total. Nutrition Facts (per cup): Fat 0% Sodium 0% Carbohydrate <1g Protein 0% Sugar 0% Calories 2. Order and get sample package of Chinese Chrysanthemum Flower FREE, click here.

Loose Pu'er Tea Sample Package Item031 $1.99 Sale $0.99 A sample package Included 2 Pu'er Loose Tea in Paper Filter-Bags and 5 empty Paper Filter-Bags made in Japan. To buy more Empty Paper Filter-Bags, Click here .

Yunnan Loose Pu'er Tea Item028 $7.99 Sale $5.99 4 oz (114 g) package of loose Pu-Erh tea from Yunnan, China, year of 2006. Used about 2 grams each time for 4-5 cups of tea. This package is enough for many cups of tea. It's better to use paper filter-bag for the loose tea.

Disclaimer: The health benefits of tea mentioned on our website is for information only. We do not recommend use of tea as a substitute for medical care which you should ask your medical doctors.

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