It belongs to black tea, and is named because the origin was originally from Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan (now Pu'er City). Now it refers to the tea produced in Pu'er tea area. It is made of loose tea and pressed tea made from Yunnan large-leaf drying tea, which is recognized as Pu'er tea area, and is later fermented. The appearance is brown-red, the inner soup is red and bright, the aroma is unique and aged, the taste is mellow and sweet, and the leaves are brown-red. There are raw tea and ripe tea. Raw tea ferments naturally and ripe tea can ripen manually. "The more you get older, the more fragrant it is" is recognized as the biggest feature that distinguishes Pu'er tea from other teas. "The fragrance is fragrant and fragrant orchid, and tastes the Pu'er love for thousands of years." Pu'er tea is "an antique that can be eaten", and unlike other teas, the value is new, the new The value of Pu'er tea lies in its "oldness" often gradually appreciates over time.

Yunnan is the native place of tea trees in the world. The roots of various teas in the country and even the world are mostly in the Pu'er tea production areas in Yunnan. Pu'er tea has a very long history. As early as more than 3,000 years ago, the Pu people, a ancestor of tea growing in Yunnan, had already offered tea to King Wu of Zhou, but the name Pu'er tea was not yet available at that time. During the Yuan Dynasty, there was a place called "Buribu". Because it was later written into Chinese characters, it became "Puer" (at that time, "Er" had no three water points). The word Pu'er was first seen here and has become famous at home and abroad. It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty that it was changed to Pu'er tea. The "Wuhou Remaining Seeds" of the Three Kingdoms period opened Pu'er tea talk on the 23rd day of the seventh lunar month more than 1,700 years ago. "There is a tea king tree in the Tea Mountain, which is the only one of the five mountains. It is the remains of Wuhou, and it is still worshipped by the barbarians." (Tan Cui, "Yuheng Zhi of Dianhai").

After the birth of New China, Yunnan tea has gained a new life. The province's tea research institutions were established in 1951. By 1958, the area of ​​tea gardens in the province reached 466,000 mu and produced 180,000 dan of tea. However, the good momentum of development was disrupted by the Great Leap Forward. Because of the pursuit of high indicators, it was blind. Commanded, forced picking and picking, and the tea trees were greatly damaged. By 1966, when the Cultural Revolution began, there were still only 190,000 dans of tea in Yunnan. During the ten-year turmoil, tea development was slow. In 1976, when the Cultural Revolution ended, the area reached 1.27 million mu, while the output was only 320,000 dan.

In 1990, after the reform and opening up, the tea garden area reached 2.4 million mu, the output in 1998 reached 1.55 million dan, exported more than 200,000 dan, and earned 22.5 million US dollars in foreign exchange, creating the greatest glory in Yunnan's tea history. Tea species was single-spread in 1950. Green has developed into baking green tea, stir-fried green tea, Gongfu black tea, ctc red crushed tea, Pu'er tea, flower tea, instant tea, famous and special tea, art tea, etc. Pu'er tea has also ushered in another glorious period. However, it is worth mentioning that in 1975, Yunnan began the production of Pu'er ripe tea.

Pu'er tea production place

Pu'er is mainly produced in Yunnan Menghai, Mengla, Pu'er City, Gengma, Cangyuan, Shuangjiang, Lincang, Yuanjiang, Jingdong, Dali, Pingbian, Hekou, Maguan, Malipo, Wenshan, Xichou, Guang In the south, Xishuangbanna, followed by Panxian and Rongjiang in Guizhou, Fusui and Zhaoping in Guangxi, Nanjing in Fujian, Ruyuan, Lianshan, Maoming in Guangdong, and Changjiang in Hainan, Qiongzhong, Ledong, Baoting, Lingshui and other places. Born in subtropical and tropical mountain forests at an altitude of 1200 to 1400 meters. It is also distributed in northern Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and India. Rare species. Wild tea trees (including cultivated wild tea trees), also known as Pu'er tea, are distributed in southern Yunnan and Hainan. Among them, Yunnan has a "tea tree king" with a tree age of more than 1,800 years. It is currently a larger plant. Although local measures have been taken to protect it, the plants are still being disturbed by humans. If maintenance is not strengthened, there will be a risk of being destroyed and killed. With the increase of Yunnan's population, natural forests have shrunk sharply. At the same time, there are many people going up the mountain to pick wild tea around the Qingming Festival every year, and wild tea trees are also decreasing.

The famous tea mountains and villages of Er tea: Jinggu, Yiwu, Youle, Brown, Banzhang, Nannuo, Mengsong, Jingmai, Bangwei, Qianjiazhai, Zhenyuan, Wuliangshan, Mengku.

Pu'er tea was approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on May 13, 2008 with the General Administration's Announcement No. 60 of 2008. The national standard of "Geographical Indication Products Pu'er Tea" was also approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standards Committee in 2008. On August 5, 2008, it was approved by the Announcement No. 10 of 2008 (General No. 123), and was officially implemented on December 1, 2008.