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Golden Turtle Pu Erh Tea is a pu-erh tea from China. Pu-erh is a fermented tea that originally comes from Yunnan province.
Pu-erh tea comes in two varieties:
- Sheng pu-erh (raw pu-erh): the unfermented form. The tea leaves are picked, dried and pressed into cakes or discs. Over time the leaves ferment and age naturally, which gives complex flavours that are often earthy, grassy and floral. Sheng pu-erh improves in flavour over the years and is therefore often seen as valuable.
- Shou pu-erh (cooked or ripe pu-erh): the fermented form. The fermentation process is sped up artificially and can take from several months to several years, depending on the desired flavour profile. Shou pu-erh usually has a deeper, richer flavour with notes of earth, wood and sometimes mushrooms.
