There are two main types of Puer - Shu-puer and Shen-puer. In order to understand how to brew Puer correctly, you need to distinguish these teas, which, among other things, are produced in loose or pressed form. Loose Sheng Puer is larger, its leaves may have a greenish color. Shu-puer small, with dark gulls. It is prepared by a special fermentation method, has a nutty taste in which earth notes are distinguishable.

How to brew pressed puer tea in tablets

Pu-erh tablets (xiaoto) are brewed a little differently than other varieties of tea. Tea tablets have a strong compaction and are composed of small raw materials.

Procedure for brewing:

  1. To make a drink you will need a 1 liter thermos.
  2. It put 1 tea tablet, soaked in boiling water, and pour hot water with a temperature of about 95 ° C.
  3. Tea is insisted for an hour and a half.
  4. Drain the liquid, separating from the tea leaves, and drink.

The second time used tea tablets are not poured with boiling water. It is believed that they have already given everything of value to the prepared infusion.

In a teapot or gaiwani, a tea tablet is brewed in this way:

  1. Soak in boiling water for 5 seconds, drain the water.
  2. Pour boiling water (95 ° C) for 7 seconds, then pour into the bowls and drink.
  3. At this time, the tablet is again poured with boiling water, increasing the second time the brewing time by two seconds.

This way you can cook up to 10 brews, during the third and subsequent brewing increases by 15 or 30 seconds each time.

Necessary utensils for brewing tea

To brew Puer use the following dishes:

  • teapot or gaiwan with a volume of 150 - 250 ml;
  • creamer or chahai;
  • bowls.

The best for brewing is considered to be a teapot from Issin clay.Any tea, and especially Puer, will be opened in it as well as possible.

Issinskaya clay has excellent thermodynamic and porous properties. In such a teapot, even densely pressed old Pu-erh will give the best taste and aroma.

Less often, tea is insisted simply in a mug or in a thermos. For brewing by the strait method, a tipot is used - a kettle with a button.

At what temperature to brew

To brew Puer you need water of a certain temperature.

It depends on the type of tea chosen:

  1. Pressed Shu-Puer tea is brewed with boiling water at a temperature of 90 - 95 ° C. The first water must be drained, along with it all dust and germs that could accidentally end up in the raw materials will go away. The second time the tea leaves are poured with boiling water of the same temperature and kept for several seconds in a closed teapot or gaiwan.
  2. Tea Sheng Puer pour hot water with a temperature of 85 ° C. With further heating, the drink acquires a bitter taste.
  3. On sale you can also find Puer tea in tangerine. This is a tea composition poured inside dried mandarin. A drink made from it has a special mandarin aroma that is best disclosed at a temperature of 95 ° C.

What is the time to make tea

How much to brew Puerh depends on its type and the selected cooking method.

Traditionally, washed tea is poured with boiling water for 7 or 10 seconds, the resulting drink is drunk, and then brewing is repeated from 5 to 10 times.

Some tea lovers prefer brewing with a large exposure - up to several minutes. In this case, the drink can be repeated no more than 2 times.

The way to cook wild puer

Wild Puer brew in several ways, for example, in a mug.

Process description:

  1. First, warm the dishes with boiling water.
  2. Drain the water, pour Puer at the rate of 4 g per 100 ml of water.
  3. Pour boiling water (close to 100 ° C) and insist 2 minutes.

The disadvantage of this method is that tea leaves can get into the mouth during tea drinking.

In order to brew wild Puer in gaiwan, do the following manipulations:

  1. Rinse gaiwan with boiling water.
  2. Pour tea into it at the rate of 4 g per 150 ml of water.
  3. Pour water with a temperature of 95 - 98 ° C, drain after a second.
  4. Again, boiling water is poured into gaiwan and the tea is infused for several seconds to 3 minutes, after which the finished drink is poured into bowls.

Use wild Puer in small portions to appreciate its taste and aftertaste.

How to make Puer loose tea

About 4-5 grams of dry tea leaves are put per serving of Puer and 150 ml of water are taken.

Sequencing:

  1. In a teapot, water is heated to a boil and stirred, creating a cycle.
  2. Pour tea with special tweezers and leave to brew for several minutes.
  3. When the tea leaves begin to sink, the drink is ready. You can infuse tea for a few seconds to use the tea leaves several times.

It is not recommended to brew tea from young sheng puerh species using this method, since the drink may not be entirely successful. It will be too strong, with a bitter taste.

Strait brewing method

To brew a strait, use a special kettle with a button, or tipot.

Cooking order:

  • warm the kettle and bowl with hot water;
  • pour dry tea into the tip;
  • wait a few seconds until he infuses;
  • drain the brew and pour into cups;
  • repeat brewing the desired number of times.

A teapot tipot or, as it is also called, a kungfu combines two containers in its design, the upper one for brewing tea and the lower one for the finished drink. The kettle has a filter that prevents the infusion of tea leaves from the bowl, and its body is made of heat-resistant glass.

How to brew Puer tea

Tea is pressed and loose. Pressed Puer need to pick with a knife. For brewing, take clean drinking water, passed through the filter, or spring water. You can’t take city water from the tap, it will spoil the taste of the drink.

Sequencing:

  1. All utensils - bowls, gaiwan, chahai poured with boiling water.
  2. Prepared tea leaves are poured into a heated kettle and washed. The correct brewing method involves the mandatory washing of the brew in hot water before preparing the drink. This allows you to remove dust from dry tea leaves, as well as get only good and rich taste from them.
  3. Then again pour boiling water for 5 seconds or several minutes. It all depends on taste preferences.
  4. Pour the drink into a chahai through a strainer and pour it into bowls.

Puer is drunk slowly, in small sips, pouring the next portion of boiling water into a teapot just before the tea party.

Unique properties of the drink

Pu-erh tea is tea tree leaves from the Chinese province of Yunnan. He extracts from the earth everything valuable that is in it, and transfers it to people in a fragrant, amber drink.

Puer contains a complex of amino acids, vitamins, trace elements that are beneficial to human health.

The unique healing properties of Puer have long been known.

  • It is proved that thanks to its use the vessels expand, blood circulation in the body improves. This allows you to reduce all negative, inflammatory processes. Puerh does not adversely affect the heart, and the tonic effect of the drink is not associated with increased heart rate.
  • Drinking tea stimulates muscle and motor activity, gives a boost of vigor for several hours. It is advisable to drink it in the morning, before lunch.
  • A drink is also useful with enhanced mental work, as it helps to concentrate, improves attention, memory and perception.
  • Puerh does not adversely affect the gastric mucosa. In this regard, unlike other teas, it is allowed to drink it even with peptic ulcer.
  • The drink improves metabolic processes, helps to eliminate toxins from the body, strengthens the immune system.

It is worth trying several ways to brew Puer tea and choosing the one that is more to your taste. No need to save by choosing this type of tea, because a good product is sold only at the right price.

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