Jasmine Raw Pu'er Tea Resin

This is made from raw aged 2018 Pu'er tea from Menghai and naturally flavored with aromatic jasmine flower. We also have original, sticky rice, and rose-flavored ripe Pu'er tea resins available in different colored brocade tea tins. An individual piece of tea resin can make 2-3 cups of tea each, or a whole kettle. Each 28.5g resealable bag contains approximately 28 tea resins (this is measured by weight so exact number may vary). Each 50g tea tin contains around 50 tea resin pieces. Tea resin, or Cha Gao, is a rare and ancient method of tea-making that involves slow-cooking tea leaves until it turns into a thick paste, and then dried into a resin. This unique tea form originated in the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) and was made mostly as a delicacy for the ruling classes and the imperial court due to its labor-intensive preparation process. However, tea resin disappeared during the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, during which the artisanal methods of making tea resin were almost entirely