Firing, key step in puer tea producing

Traditional Chinese oven

Firing, namely sha qing

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happens with heat- either in an oven or over a hot wok. This stops the oxidation process (think when you cook potatoes they stop turning brown and the white color is preserved- oxidation is stopped) The chinese call this "sha qing" or "kill green"

Gua Feng Zhai, village road takes me teas home

Yao Minority people‘s handmade pink hat

Gua Feng Zhai, one of the remotest villages, is located in Yiwu mountains

The average temperature of the year is 17*C, the average annual precipitation is 2100mm, an average elevation of 1203 m.

 Most tea trees of gua feng zhai are more than hundreds of years old, and are shorter than other towering ancient trees， so they grow slowly and are nourished by stray radiation. The leaves are rich and juicy, have special flavor that is unique among Yi Wu area teas.