Is Pu'er tea worth collecting? How to best collect Pu'er tea?

Pu'er tea is the only tea with vitality. It can continue to ferment in the air. The longer it is stored, the mellower the tea aroma becomes. In other words, other teas are "fermented first", while Pu'er tea is "fermented later". It has a variety of varieties and is high-end and classy. It is really a top-notch item whether you drink it yourself or entertain relatives and friends. Therefore, it has a certain collection value.

Contents of this article

1. Is Pu'er tea worth collecting?

2. How to best preserve Pu'er tea

3. What are the types of Pu'er tea?

Is Pu'er tea worth collecting?

New tea is not valuable, but the older it gets, the better it gets. In fact, Pu'er tea is the only tea with vitality. It can continue to ferment in the air. The longer it is stored, the mellower the tea aroma becomes. In other words, other teas are "fermented first", but Pu'er tea is "fermented later". It is fermenting all the time during the production, transportation, sales, and collection process. Therefore, Pu'er tea has the characteristics of becoming more fragrant as it ages and increasing in value as it is stored, and is called "drinkable antiques".

How to best store Pu'er tea

1. Choose a cool and dry place, avoid direct sunlight. It is best to avoid east exposure and west exposure at the same time. The so-called east exposure means not being exposed to the sun at sunrise, and west exposure means avoiding being exposed to the sun at sunset. If you can't take both into account, west exposure must be avoided.

2. Store raw and cooked tea separately. Go to the market and buy a few cartons, preferably double-layer or more-layered corrugated cartons. If the tea is purchased in pieces, just place the original pieces. If the tea is purchased in bags or single cakes, separate the raw and cooked teas, and place them in sealed boxes slowly according to the year.

3. Buy a few wooden racks or boards. The height of the wooden racks should be 10 cm, and the height of the wooden boards should also be 10 cm. Put the tea cartons on the wooden racks or boards, away from the ground and the wall.

4. Buy a few kilograms of charcoal. If you have the means, buy bamboo charcoal. If you don't have the means, just buy ordinary charcoal. During the wet season every year, divide the charcoal into several portions, half a kilogram each, and place them in different corners of the tea room. After the wet season is over, take out the charcoal. When the weather is good, expose the charcoal to the sun, seal it up, and take it out for use in the wet season next year.

5. In the humid season, it is forbidden to open the windows. Wait until the weather is fine and open the windows for ventilation. Try to avoid opening the windows at night. On ordinary days, when it is not raining, open the windows for ventilation for about half an hour every half a month in the afternoon when the weather is clear. In summer, it is better to open the windows in the morning or evening.

6. If the area has a particularly long wet season every year, you can wrap the outside of the cardboard box with plastic wrap during the wet season to isolate it from moisture.

7. If you are in the dry north, you can consider placing a few basins of water in the tea storage space to adjust the humidity. But be careful to change the water to prevent it from becoming smelly.

What are the types of Pu'er tea?

Pu'er tea includes seven-piece cake tea, Tuo tea, brick tea, golden pumpkin tribute tea, broken silver, old tea heads, iron cake, dragon ball, etc. Among them, cake tea is flat disc-shaped, Tuo tea is in the shape of a weight, brick tea is in the shape of a brick, golden pumpkin tribute tea is in the shape of half a pumpkin, column tea is Pu'er tea in the shape of a long column, seven-piece cake tea is a round tea cake packaged in a bag, and old tea heads are naturally curled or tangled into lumps.