Pu-erh

Nothing in Chinese cuisine has impressed me like Pu-Erh tea.

Coffee and Pu-erh tea are elixirs of life.

Pu-erh is distinctive in that, like wine or cheese, it develops and enhances in flavor over time.

I enjoy pu-erh.

In reporting to the Empress of China the occurrence of a violent earthquake at the town of Pu-erh on November 14 last year, the Viceroy of Yunnan observes with humility that this awful visitation is to be regarded as a penalty of Heaven for his own inefficiency and incompetency and that of his staff.

The rarest and most expensive type of tea in the world is the mysterious Pu-Erh (poo-AIR) tea from the Pu-Erh region of China.

Pu-erh tea takes its name from its production area in Pu-erh County, Yunnan Province. It is made of broad-leaved tea, and available as loose leaves, compressed tea cakes, tea bricks of varied sizes and tea bowls.