Since ancient times, the Chinese have been famous for their love for a drink such as tea. Fragrant, invigorating, tonic, it perfectly warms in the cold and refreshes in the summer heat. But the Celestial Empire is not only a country where for the first time a person tasted this amazing drink - it is the birthplace of many varieties of tea.
Here, take, for example, Puer tea. Contraindications and useful properties of it are carefully studied by scientists, and ordinary people just enjoy the excellent taste of the drink. Let's first understand what it is. Ordinary black tea, familiar to us from childhood, is called red tea in the homeland of Confucius . The leaves are simply brewed with boiling water and insisted. The resulting drink has a rich reddish-brown tint. Really black tea (which has a dark brown color) is called by the Chinese “puer” - according to the area where it grows. It differs from red tea in the way the leaves are processed, the method of preparation, and aging. Yes, Chinese Puer tea has properties similar to elite cognac: the longer it is aged, the better it tastes, and the higher its price becomes.
The plants of which Puer is made have been known to the Chinese for a long time: they are mentioned in the annals of the third century AD. However, the complexity of the technology makes such tea very expensive, affordable for not everyone. Puer tea also has contraindications, but it has much more positive qualities. The leaves come out completely fermented, so the drink has a rich taste and aroma, as well as a unique color.
Puer tea, the contraindications and positive qualities of which are the subject of heated debate by scientists and doctors, is as follows. Raw materials are stacked in piles that are wetted with water. The dried material is laid out in a thin layer and left for a month and a half. You can, of course, speed up the drying process, but this will adversely affect the taste of the drink. Puer is sold pressed or by weight (the former has higher quality).
Tea ceremony lovers are not only interested in what Puer tea is. Properties, contraindications to it are also a topic for discussion. But the tea party fans are especially interested in how to make the right drink. The technology is quite unusual. A piece of pressed tea should be soaked for several minutes in cold water. Then it should be thrown into almost boiling water and removed from the heat when it is well drilled. After this, the broth should be infused for ten minutes, no less.
So, you have ready Puer tea. We will list its contraindications quickly, since there are very few of them. It is not recommended to drink it on an empty stomach, and it should also be used with caution to persons suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system (and that is only because of the high caffeine content). But with regard to useful properties, it is worth considering that Puer improves digestion, removes toxins (with food poisoning and a hangover), lowers sugar levels, and rejuvenates cells. Puer tea, the contraindications of which are so insignificant, is an excellent tool to combat excess kilograms. No wonder until recently, this drink was sold in pharmacies with a prescription. Today, everyone can taste amazing tea with amazing taste, an old recipe which came to us from the Middle Kingdom.