It is said that it has a long history.

Planting history

Zhou dynasty

Pu 'er tea has a very long history. As early as 3,000 years ago, during the tea-picking period of King Wu, the ancestors of Yunnan who planted tea had already offered tea to Zhou Wuwang, but there was no name of Pu 'er tea at that time. The transitional ancient tea tree outside the state is a living fossil left by the ancient Pu people who cultivated and domesticated tea trees.

the Tang Dynasty

In historical documents, it is recorded that the earliest person who planted Pu 'er tea was Fan Chuo, an official of the Tang Dynasty. "Schumann" Volume 7 says, "Tea comes from Yinsheng City, and there is no way to pick it." Meng Sherman drinks it with Chili, ginger, cinnamon and stir-fry. "According to research, Cheng Yinsheng's tea should be Yunnan Daye tea, which is Pu 'er tea. According to historical records, as early as 1 100 years ago, tea was abundant in Sipu District of Nanzhao, which is surrounded by mountains in Yinsheng City.

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stage of development

The historical development of Pu 'er tea is divided into several stages:

In the first stage (Tang and Song Dynasties), the Central Plains has entered the stage of cake tea, while Yunnan Pu 'er tea is in the free development period of scattered mining and non-mining.

In the second stage (Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties), the tea culture in the Central Plains has undergone great changes under the will of Ming Taizu, but the production of Pu 'er tea has developed rapidly because the main consumer groups are ethnic minorities in the border areas and long-distance transportation (entering Tibet). As Pu 'er tea was favored by the Qing court because of its tribute, it entered the heyday of development, which was a real geographical Pu 'er tea stage.

The third stage (since the late Qing Dynasty) is the stage of modern Pu 'er tea. Modern Pu 'er tea processing technology has sprouted, and the social pattern of diversified tea production has emerged. Since the late Qing Dynasty, Pu 'er tea in the traditional historical and geographical sense has withdrawn from the historical stage. First of all, since the late Qing Dynasty, Pu 'er tea has gradually lost its position as a tea processing and distribution center. With the change of administrative divisions, the original Pu 'er tea area is divided into Simao, Mengla, Menghai and Jinghong tea areas, and the tea is no longer labeled as Pu 'er. Second, with the progress of processing technology, the tea in the original Pu 'er tea area has become diversified, including black tea, baked green tea, sun-dried green tea and fried green tea. Third, the ancient Pu 'er tea mountain gradually declined and was replaced by the new tea area.