Top Criteria to Check when Choosing Pu-erh Tea

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Top Criteria to Check when Choosing Pu-erh Tea
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The quality of tea is affected by a lot of
factors it is best that you know them to get
quality tea.
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A. Area of Production
Four main regions producing high quality Pu-erh
tea in Yunnan Simao, Xishuangbanna, Boshan, and
Lincang
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B. Leaf Source
Pu-erh teas are obtained from harvested leaves of
 arbor tea trees or qiao mu, bushes of tea
or guan mu and  wild  trees.
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Pu-erh tea derived from arbor trees are richer in
flavor and  has  stronger energy or qi.
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Wild tea trees are usually found in dense forests
near bordering regions and their produce possess
a unique taste.
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C. Farming Methods
Plantation Style (taidi cha) Consists of tea
bushes planted neatly but densely in plains or
hillside terraces. The yield is large is the
most common type.
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Ancient Tea Gardens (gushu cha) Consist of arbor
trees planted from seeds carefully chosen and
cultivated in high altitudes. They produce less
per year. 
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Sustainable Gardens (shengtai cha)  Organic
method where tea trees are cultivated from seeds
without being pruned and spaced alternately with
fruit trees.
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D. Harvest Seasons
Done in spring, summer fall. First Spring
Tea, new buds near the end of March are the
best. While leaves from fall and summer season
are lower in quality.
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E. Grades
Pu-erh has 10 categories. The grade is
ascertained by the time of harvest, the amount of
buds and the leaves freshness.
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Lower number means young leaves closer to the
buds while higher means mature leaves that are
farther in the branch.
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