Year of the Tiger.
Early Spring
2010 Offerings.
Early Spring
2010 Offerings.
Welcome to Zhi Zheng Tea Shop,
suppliers of quality Puer Teas
from Yunnan in South West China.
suppliers of quality Puer Teas
from Yunnan in South West China.
Puer Tea
Puer or is the name of a city that is on the the 'Ancient Tea Horse Route'. Subsequently, it is a name that has come to refer to a particular kind of tea; a post-fermented, aged tea, which is produced in Yunnan Province. Because of this, Puer is a fairly loose definition.
Nonetheless Puer tea falls into two main categories; green or 'raw' tea (sheng cha)which can be aged, much like a good red wine and 'cooked' tea (shou or shu cha), sometimes misnamed 'Black' tea. The ageing process of raw Puer is accompanied by a natural fermentation - in cooked Puer this process is reproduced artificially. The cooked tea can also be kept, but changes or matures rather less over time.
Both 'cooked' and 'raw' Puer teas are said to have a range of health benefits; particularly associated with lowering cholesterol levels and more recently as an aid to slimming, though these are generally only attributed to the 'cooked' tea.
We specialise in high quality green (sheng cha) Puer tea from Yunnan. We have both young and mature teas. They can be drunk immediately or may be stored for many years - the flavour will mature and mellow.
Puer or is the name of a city that is on the the 'Ancient Tea Horse Route'. Subsequently, it is a name that has come to refer to a particular kind of tea; a post-fermented, aged tea, which is produced in Yunnan Province. Because of this, Puer is a fairly loose definition.
Nonetheless Puer tea falls into two main categories; green or 'raw' tea (sheng cha)which can be aged, much like a good red wine and 'cooked' tea (shou or shu cha), sometimes misnamed 'Black' tea. The ageing process of raw Puer is accompanied by a natural fermentation - in cooked Puer this process is reproduced artificially. The cooked tea can also be kept, but changes or matures rather less over time.
Both 'cooked' and 'raw' Puer teas are said to have a range of health benefits; particularly associated with lowering cholesterol levels and more recently as an aid to slimming, though these are generally only attributed to the 'cooked' tea.
We specialise in high quality green (sheng cha) Puer tea from Yunnan. We have both young and mature teas. They can be drunk immediately or may be stored for many years - the flavour will mature and mellow.
Our Guarantee
The teas we sell are excellent quality, selected teas from single 'tea gardens' of Ancient, Old Arboreal or Wild Tea trees which are growing naturally in a diverse ecosystem where no chemicals of any kind are used.
These natural teas are made in small family run tea "factories", often by people whose families have been making tea for many generations.
We are able to regularly visit the tea growers who supply our teas, working with them to ensure that their tea meets our - and your - expectations.
We do not blend teas from different sources - even if they come from the same tea producer. To do this, we believe, confounds the flavour, so the characteristics of each particular tea cannot be appreciated.
Our teas are artisanal - made from hand picked, sun dried leaves and are hand crafted - hand 'fried', rolled and pressed. We believe this is essential to produce high quality teas. We also believe you will taste the difference!
The teas we sell are excellent quality, selected teas from single 'tea gardens' of Ancient, Old Arboreal or Wild Tea trees which are growing naturally in a diverse ecosystem where no chemicals of any kind are used.
These natural teas are made in small family run tea "factories", often by people whose families have been making tea for many generations.
We are able to regularly visit the tea growers who supply our teas, working with them to ensure that their tea meets our - and your - expectations.
We do not blend teas from different sources - even if they come from the same tea producer. To do this, we believe, confounds the flavour, so the characteristics of each particular tea cannot be appreciated.
Our teas are artisanal - made from hand picked, sun dried leaves and are hand crafted - hand 'fried', rolled and pressed. We believe this is essential to produce high quality teas. We also believe you will taste the difference!
"Excellent quality Puer teas for the connoisseur and discerning enthusiast."
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Copyright 2008 Zhi Zheng Tea
A Word On P'u-erh
For some years, the Wade-Giles system of romanisation of the Chinese Language was wide spread at least amongst foreign scholars of Chinese. The Hanyu-Pinyin system was introduced into the Chinese education system in the 1940's and is now taught to early learners in China as well as foreigners learning the Chinese Language. Subsequently, other organisations have adopted the same system. It is generally thought to be a more intuitive system than Wade-Giles and allows non-Chinese speakers to more closely replicate the sounds of standard Chinese or pu tong hua.
Hanyu-Pinyin Puer is rendered as P'u-erh in the Wade-Giles system. However, many people omit the punctuation, because they forget, or don't think it matters, producing Pu-erh or sometimes Puerh or Pu erh.
In Taiwan a variety of romanisation systems have been used (although in 2008 they reverted to Hanyu-Pinyin). This has perhaps also had some part to play in the proliferation of Puer spellings, so Pu-er or sometimes Pu'er are also not uncommon. Clearly with all of these, tone markings are omitted.
We have decided to adopt the Pinyin system because it is still the one that makes most sense to foreigners, it is the official Chinese romanisation system and any Sinophile should be familiar with it.
For some years, the Wade-Giles system of romanisation of the Chinese Language was wide spread at least amongst foreign scholars of Chinese. The Hanyu-Pinyin system was introduced into the Chinese education system in the 1940's and is now taught to early learners in China as well as foreigners learning the Chinese Language. Subsequently, other organisations have adopted the same system. It is generally thought to be a more intuitive system than Wade-Giles and allows non-Chinese speakers to more closely replicate the sounds of standard Chinese or pu tong hua.
Hanyu-Pinyin Puer is rendered as P'u-erh in the Wade-Giles system. However, many people omit the punctuation, because they forget, or don't think it matters, producing Pu-erh or sometimes Puerh or Pu erh.
In Taiwan a variety of romanisation systems have been used (although in 2008 they reverted to Hanyu-Pinyin). This has perhaps also had some part to play in the proliferation of Puer spellings, so Pu-er or sometimes Pu'er are also not uncommon. Clearly with all of these, tone markings are omitted.
We have decided to adopt the Pinyin system because it is still the one that makes most sense to foreigners, it is the official Chinese romanisation system and any Sinophile should be familiar with it.
Puer Sampler Set.
Try any 3 of our Puer tea samples.
Try any 3 of our Puer tea samples.
Voted the Best!
by Yunnan Puer Tea Magazine in the 2009 Autumn edition.
by Yunnan Puer Tea Magazine in the 2009 Autumn edition.
