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Tea for Emperors and Tibet – Part 1/5
My weekend cup of Numi Organic Pu’erh tea reaches back into China and Tibet’s history almost two thousand years. The journey this tea takes starts in China’s Southwest Yunnan province along the border...
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Tea for Emperors and Tibet – Part 2/5
Puer tea is mellowed by aging, the period by which it is transported and stored. The largest, tallest tea trees in the world grow in the mountains of Yunnan. This region also produces black, green,...
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Tea for Emperors and Tibet – Part 3/5
The fermentation of “Puer” tea demands a perfect mix of water, moisture and air. This provides the conditions for the development of microbes and the necessary fermentation. The fermentation of broad...
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Tea for Emperors and Tibet – Part 4/5
After the “Puer” tea is ready, the journey begins. For the Pu’erh that I buy, Emperor’s Pu’erh, it leaves Yunnan, reaches China’s coast and then crosses the Pacific to end on a shelf at a Whole Foods...
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