The Beauty of the Form and shapes of Pu'er tea

People say that the most complex thing in tea is Pu'er. I say, the most beautiful tea is Pu'er.

Quote Pu'er Magazine 2014.06

By Overlooking the change in the state of leaves of Pu’er tea, it seems to be a beautiful woman who is separated from the distant Yunnan by the time and space.

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was first used as"scattered” form , with no production method"at that time the shape of Pu’er tea was the most natural state, free from people’s intrusions in its shape.

From the inner of central lands. there is a tea called JINTUAN existed hundreds of years ago, when the Mingle empire ZHUYUANZHANG meet JINTUAN, he issued a imperial edict, cancel JINTUAN and use the scattered shape tea.

JINTUAN means making the shape of tea   very beautiful, like   dragon shape,   but this will waste much money and human resource.

In Qing Dynasty Pu'er tea was famous in the world. Pu'er tea in the Ruigong Tianchao coexisted in both scattered and compressed form. The change of the of pattern and type of Pu'er tea, telling that the Yunnan national civilization and the original text have never stopped communication and integration.

Some of the shapes of the Pu’er tea can be seen below .. it was made in different shape Pies, bricks, and enamels are undoubtedly the mainstream patterns in Pu'er tea. These patterns are viewed in the traditional Chinese philosophy.