ABSTRACT

Pu-erh tea, a well-known traditional Chinese tea, has been categorized as sun-dried green tea, and its pressed products from large tea leaves (Camellia sinensis O. kuntze var. assamica Kitamura) are manufactured mainly in Yunnan, China. In the markets, three kinds of pu-erh teas have been sold: loose pu-erh tea, pressed pu-erh tea, and pu-erh tea bags.