Traditional Ripe Pu'er Tea Resin (Green Brocade Tea Tin)

This is made from ripe aged 2018 Pu'er tea from Menghai with no additional flavors added. We also have sticky rice, jasmine, and rose-flavored ripe Pu'er tea resins available in different colored brocade tea tins. Each tea tin contains 90+ tea resin pieces which can make 2-3 cups of tea each. 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 lost. It was also recognized as a medicinal in the Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica, compiled by Zhao Xuemin between 1765 and 1805, and was noted as an herbal remedy for hangovers,