hi all
i thought that the compressed tea enjoyed by tibetans was pu-erh, but was told recently that this is not the case. so what type of tea do they use, and where can i find it?
thanks,
-ben
tibetan compressed tea
Dec 16, 2003
4 Replies
I also have heard that it's Puerh. Where did you find this denied?
/Lew
in the Lhasa Moon Tibetan Cookbook, here's a link to it on Amazon:
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Great book BTW, but this makes me scratch my head. The author mentions that the tea used for Tibetan butter tea is not the same as pu-erh beeng cha, this yields a different flavor. Maybe the difference is in black vs. green pu-erh?
-ben
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Maybe it's zhuan cha (tight brick, not loose cake as in beeng/bing cha.) If so, it would presumably still be Puerh, whether black or green.
/Lew
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essentially its still pu-erh tea, and mostly come in the form of compressed shapes, e.g. mushrooms etc are especially common.
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