Making Processed Pu-erh Tea (Loose Tea)

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When making artificially fermented processed tea, the most important point is the appropriate time for pouring water in and draining it out.
After putting in adequate tea leaves, slowly pour the hot water. Quickly drain out the tea liquid so that it tastes smooth and mellow.

Preparations
Tea ware: Electric tea kettle, cast iron teapots, fairness cup, strainer, teacup, tea holder, tea funnel, etc.
Water: Pour enough water into the electric tea kettle and bring to boil.
Tea leaves: Processed Pu-erh tea (loose tea).

Brewing:
1. Taking out the tea leaves: Use the small tea holder to take out loose tea from the pottery tea container. Place it in the big tea holder.
2. Observe the tea leaves: Loose tea leaves have not been compressed or loosened, so it is unbroken.
3. Warm the teapot: Pour boiling water in the teapot.
4. Warm the fairness cup: Pour the water from the teapot into the fairness cup.
5. Warm the teacups: Warm the teacups with the hot water from the mug.
6. Drain water: Drain the water from the teacups into the water bowl.
7. Adding tea leaves: Place the tea funnel on the mouth of the teapot and put adequate leaves.
8. Soaking leaves: Pour boiling water in the teapot to soak the leaves.
9. Skim the foam: Skim the foam from the mouth of the teapot and replace the lid.
10. Drain water: Drain the water quickly into the water bowl.
11. Brew the tea: Pour the boiling water in along the inside of the teapot and replace the lid.
12. Pouring the tea liquid: Pour the hot tea liquid quickly into the fairness cup through the strainer.
13. Empty the teapot: Pour out all the tea liquid from the teapot.
14. Distribute the tea: Pour the tea liquid from the mug into the tea cups evenly.
15. Serve the tea: Serve the tea with both hands to the guests.
Wash the processed tea and pour the tea liquid out quickly. Slowness will make the tea bitter and the color dark. Boiling water should be slowly poured into the teapot along its inside to avoid stirring the leaves too much so that several brews of the tea liquid can be of similar taste, color and strength.

Making Raw Pu-erh Tea

Pu-erh tea that has been preserved for few years is close to green tea in its properties and color. Its taste is sweet tinged with a little bitterness. Its fragrance is pure and mild and lingers even after the tea is finished. While brewing raw tea, lower the water temperature. Serve immediately after pouring to avoid scorching the leaves and tainting the tea liquid with that smell.

Pre-brewing Preparations
Tea ware: Electric tea kettle, covered tea bowl, fairness cup, vintage tea cups, tea holder, strainer, water bowl, Pu-erh knife, teaspoon, etc.
Water: Pour enough water in the electric tea kettle and bring to boil.
Tea leaves: Raw Pu-erh tea.

Brewing:
1. Prize the tea: Use tea knife to prize adequate raw tea gently without grounding the leaves.
2. Prepare tea leaves: Put the leaves in the tea holder for later use.
3. Warm the covered tea bowl: Pour boiling water in the tea bowl.
4. Warm the fairness cup: Pour the water from the covered tea bowl into the fairness cup.
5. Warm the strainer: Warm the strainer with the hot water from the fairness cup.
6. Warm the teacups: Clean and warm the teacups with the hot water from the mug.
7. Drain water: Drain the water from the teacups into the water bowl.
8. Put leaves: Put the leaves in the covered tea bowl.
9. Soak leaves: Pour boiling water into the covered tea bowl as shown.
10. Drain water: Drain the water quickly into the water bowl.
11. Make tea: pour boiling water into the covered tea bowl along its inside.
12. Cover the tea bowl: Replace the lid.
13. Place the strainer: While leaves are brewing, place the strainer on the fairness cup.
14. Pour the tea liquid: Pour the hot tea liquid into the fairness cup.
15. Empty the tea liquid: Empty the tea liquid in the covered tea bowl.
16. Distribute the tea: Fill the tea cups up to 70%.
17. Clean the tea stains: Clean the fairness cup after every use.
18. Appreciate the tea: Invite guests to appreciate the tea in the tea cups.

Things to remember while making tea:
First, when loosening the tea cake, start from the relatively loose part and loosen the cake along the striations in the tea leaves to break fewer leaves.
Secondly, use the strainer to make the tea liquid brighter and cleaner by filtering out the grounds of compressed tea.
Third, be sure to pour all the tea liquid out and avoid soaking of the leaves for long to avoid affecting the flavor of the next brew of tea. Open the lid to dissipate the heat.