What is Pu'er Tea?
Pu'er Tea
Pu'er tea plants are called Camellia Sinisis Assamica. The mao cha Pu'er tea is harvested and dried in the sun.
The tea originated in the Yunnan Province, China a few thousand years ago. After all these centuries, there is still nothing quite like Pu'er Tea from the Yunnan.
It can be difficult to find a Pu'er tea which has been aged slowly in dry conditions. Some Pu'er's can be overpowering because they have been aged in Guangdong, Hong Kong where the humidity speeds up the ageing process, sometimes resulting in mouldy tea.
Eternal Spring source only the best Pu'er from established tea estates in Yunnan.
Pu'er tea does contain some natural caffeine but only a quarter of the amount compared to coffee. Moderate caffeine taken daily is harmless. Caffeine has been considered beneficial for mental clarity, alertness and reducing the risk of colon cancer.
According to historical records from the famous Chinese medicine book Ben Cao Gang Mu written over 1,700 years ago Pu'er tea can:
- Aid digestion and fat metabolism by cutting grease and fat in food.
- It may raise the metabolic rate by 17% without increasing the heart rate.
- Helps prevent the formation of cancer cells due to its very high antioxidant content. Antioxidants deactivate free radicals (02 oxygen molecule). Its these molecules that can sometimes be carcinogenic.
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduces cholesterol. A medical experiment in France showed regular consumption of Pu'er tea can lowered blood lipids in 68% of people by 30% in one month. Clinical tests in the Kunming Medical Institute proved Pu'er tea has a higher curative effect than Clofibrate (medicine to cure lipemia)
The tea is effective against bacillary dysentery, helps body fluid secretion (anti-ageing), it invigorates the spleen, dispels alcoholic toxins and uric acid from the liver. It may help with IBS, Crohns disease and gout.
Pu'er tea is a great non-alcoholic digestif - sometimes with all that gourmet excess, a really exceptional cup of tea hits the mark.
NB. This tea may not be beneficial during pregnancy or menstruation due to slightly raising the body temperature and perhaps inhibiting the absorption of iron.