Who knows where the phrase "The taste of Pu'er tea is an antique that changes in the mouth" comes from?

"When the spring breeze comes in February or March, I will knock on the fire in the stone furnace to test the new tea." There are not many tea poems in the past, but these two sentences by Wei Shimin are relatively beautiful. When I read these two sentences, I felt as if I could smell the quiet fragrance of tea, refreshing my heart and mind. This fragrance of tea spread from the Yunnan Pavilion of the World Expo and into the hearts of every Pu'er person.

"Pu'er, a city growing in tea forests", this is a promotional slogan from Pu'er City in the southwest border of China at the entrance of the Variety Hall of the Shanghai World Expo Park. The large banner attracted many people Stop and attract the attention of many tourists. And in the "China Pu'er, Japan Iwate, Dakotang 2010 Shanghai World Expo Tea Show Exhibition" exhibition area, it attracted many tourists from all over the world to stop and admire.

The characteristics of Pu'er tea in front of the world have undoubtedly accelerated the internationalization of Pu'er tea. In this regard, Pu'er Municipal Party Committee Secretary Shen Peiping said: "This exhibition mainly highlights three points: first, the leap from domestic to international; second, focusing on culture, artistry, health and science; and finally, the integration of modern Pu'er and traditional Pu'er is well integrated."

Thus, Pu'er finally has the opportunity to be with people around the world and fully interpret the unique Pu'er culture and regional customs.

In Yunnan, the origin of Pu'er, there is a saying that "grandfather's tea is sold by grandson". Pu'er tea is made from the fresh leaves of the fine variety Yunnan large-leaf species, and is also called "Pu'er loose tea". Its appearance is thick and fat, and its color is dark or brown, commonly known as the color of pig liver. The taste is mellow and sweet, with a unique old fragrance. It has the reputation of "beauty tea" and "slimming tea".

Looking into its history, it actually has a long history. According to Daoguang's "Pu'er Prefecture Chronicles", Shu Prime Minister Kong Ming "pacified Nanzhong and promoted tea affairs." It seems that tea cultivation began in Pu'er Prefecture as early as the Three Kingdoms period more than 1,700 years ago.

The "tea-horse trade" in Pu'er area became a flourishing event during the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, with "Pu'er" as the center, five "Ancient Tea Horse Roads" radiated to various places at home and abroad. They enjoy the reputation of the "Southern Silk Road" and are famous both at home and abroad.

In the Qing Dynasty, Pu'er tea suddenly became a tribute from Yunnan to Beijing and a plaything in the hands of the emperor. Legend has it that during the Qianlong period, the Pu'er Tea House in the Pu'er area pressed cakes of incompletely dried Maocha and loaded it as tribute. The weather was gloomy and rainy on the way, and when they arrived in the capital, people discovered that the originally green and whitish tea cakes had turned brown. The young owner of the tea house who escorted the tea to Beijing was so unrecognizable that he even thought about taking his own life because of the tribute tea. However, after brewing it with water, he found that the tea was fragrant, the tea was as red as amber, and his lips and teeth were fragrant. Pu'er tea also won the hearts of emperors.

Between the Republic of China and the Anti-Japanese War, Pu'er tea developed to a certain extent. Many time-honored teas from this period still remain. Between the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War and the founding of New China, the entire tea industry in Yunnan was in depression, but it was long after liberation. During this period, Yunnan's tea production focused on black tea and green tea, and did not inherit and carry forward the fine tradition of Pu'er tea. It even destroyed large areas of ancient tea gardens that were hundreds of years old and replaced the planting of asexually propagated platform tea. In 1975, Yunnan began the production of Pu'er ripe tea.

With the development of social economy and the improvement of living standards, in recent years, people have begun to pay attention to Pu'er tea, which has powerful health care functions and charming taste. Its popularity spread from Nanyang, Hong Kong and Taiwan to Guangdong and Yunnan, and then to It quickly affected the whole country.

It is understood that the overall production of Pu'er tea in China is gradually developing from family workshop production to industrial production. Pu'er tea, an "importable antique", seems to have gradually grown in scale.

In terms of purchasing, there are not many old teas on the market, and it is not easy to judge. You should pay more attention when purchasing. In principle, the smell of Pu'er tea cakes can be used as a reference for judging the vintage. Those with a glycol smell should have been aged for five to ten years, those with a plain smell without any other odor should have been aged for three to five years, and those with a raw or mixed smell are considered new. Finally, you can also look at the looseness of the tea cakes, because after oxidation in long-term contact with the air, the tea cakes will become looser. However, the whitish Pu'er tea made entirely from bud tea looks different from the brown and black cooked Pu'er tea cakes, and also different from the green raw cakes. This kind of tea cake is considered to be the best of Pu'er tea. Generally, it is not easy to find Pu'er tea stores.

These unique Pu'er, coupled with skilled brewing techniques, can always taste its unique aroma and sweetness.