How to Loosen and Break Pu Erh Tea

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a source for it.

   If you are looking for an interesting tea, you need to check out Pu-erh.
   
   This is a tea that is actually fermented and it is made in the Yunnan province of China.
   
   The process of fermentation is exactly what it sounds like, it actually is a process in which the tea leaves go through a fermentation process at a microbial level.
   
   This process actually occurs after the leaves are dried and rolled and it can come in loose leaf or compressed form. , You don’t want to start in the middle of the brick, it just isn’t going to work for you.
   
   You need to stick the needle in and find a place where the needle goes in far enough.
   
   Once you find a place where you can pry it, it gets really easy from there, here are a few tips to helping ensure that you pry your tea correctly every time.,, All the three sticks make a perfect demonstration.
   
   Bing tea comes in a flat disc or something that resembles a hockey puck and ranges in size from 100 grams to as much as 5 kilograms.
   
   The disc may be rounded or straight sided depending on its origin. ,, This may prove to be challenging, so you may have to try several different places to insert your needle or knife before you find an adequate place to begin., Since bing is a more tightly compressed tea, you may need to take more time to insert your tools to pry it loose more easily., Bing Pu-erh and some of the harder Pu-erh tea bricks are extremely compressed and very tightly compacted, so you may have to be patient yet persistent in loosening your bing Pu-erh so that you can brew a better cup of tea.
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   Step 2: When you start breaking the tea

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   Step 3: you need to start in a corner.

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   Step 4: Once you find a place in one of the corners that you can insert your tea needle

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   Step 5: and using the tea needle

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   Step 6: rotate it and press it to insert the tea needle.

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   Step 7: At last

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   Step 8: the final stick can separate the segment from the tea block.

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   Step 9: Pry tea from the backside rather than the face of your Pu-erh tea cakes

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    Step 10: bing or tuocha

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    Step 11: so that retains its original shape and style for as long as possible

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    Step 12: allowing it to be stored properly.

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    Step 13: The first step in removing Pu-erh tea flakes from a tightly compressed bing is to find a place that you can insert your tea needle or tea knife the easiest.

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    Step 14: When you find a good place to start your prying

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    Step 15: insert your tea needle or tea knife into the bing Pu-erh and shake your hand to loosen the bing up for the first time.

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    Step 16: Although you may have to try for a while to get it started to loosen up

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    Step 17: you will find that with patience the bing can be loosened properly for the prying loose of the tea.

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