Square Pu'er Tea Resin - 2018 Ripe Pu'er from Bulang Mountain Old Trees

This is premium Pu’er tea resin from old trees in Bulang Mountain, harvested in 2018. This is a Pu'er tea with a mild and delicate flavoring, and each rectangular square of tea resin makes about two cups of tea. Each box contains about 70g, around 108-115 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 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, improving digestion, and redu