The Southern Silk Road in China is a historic route on which this tea made its way into fame. The tea path is now a journey all can make through this full-bodied and rich Pu'er tea.

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• Ingredients

• Use the following instructions to steep this tea:  

  • Pu'er Rinse: Pour boiling water over the leaves and pour off the water after 30 seconds. This opens up the tea leaves for the first steeping! 
  • First Steeping: using boiling water, steep same tea leaves for 5 min., and then separate the leaves from the tea liquor.
  • Second Steeping: using boiling water, steep same tea leaves for 6 min., and then separate the leaves from the tea liquor.
  • Third Steeping: using boiling water, steep same tea leaves for 7 min., and then separate the leaves from the tea liquor.
• • This rapidly ripened Pu'er tea (also known as "ripe" or "cooked") is from Yunnan Province's Menghai County. 
  • The steeped tea is velvety smooth yet full-bodied with notes of morel mushroom and sweet tobacco. 
• • Because of the interaction between beneficial fungi and the tea, Pu'er contains statins - an ingredient in blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering medications.
• • Any Asian rice dish.
  • Any dish with mushrooms.
  • Chocolate croissants
  • Mexican mole
  • Spicy Indian or Mexican cuisine
  • Dark chocolate truffles or any chocolate or vanilla-based dessert
  • Any tea time sweet sandwich or dessert
  • Chocolate-covered strawberries
  • Mexican flan
  • Vanilla bean or coconut ice cream
  • Rice Pudding

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