Puer Tea
Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic
Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the �Six Great Tea Mountains� of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor in Beijing. In the 1990s, as the tea�s noble lineage and unique process of aging and fermentation were rediscovered, it achieved cult status both in China and internationally. The tea became a favorite among urban connoisseurs who analyzed it in language comparable to that used in wine appreciation and paid skyrocketing prices. In 2007, however, local events and the international economic cris…
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- ISBN: 978-0-295-80487-3
- EAN: 9780295804873
- Produktnummer: 20514344
- Verlag: University of Washington Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'020 KB
- Abbildungen: 47 illus.
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Jinghong Zhang
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