Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic

by Jinghong Zhang

Book Overview

Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the "Six Great Tea Mountains" of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor in Beijing. In the 1990s, as the tea's noble lineage and unique process of aging and fermentation were rediscovered, it achieved cult status both in China and internationally. The tea became a favorite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295993235
• ISBN13: 9780295993232
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher