Description
Product ID: | 9780295993232 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Culture, Place, and Nature |
Title: | Puer Tea |
Subtitle: | Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic |
Authors: | Author: Jinghong Zhang, K. Sivaramakrishnan |
Page Count: | 272 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Indigenous peoples, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Indigenous peoples, Cookery / food & drink etc, China |
Description: | Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the "Six Great Tea Mountains" of Yunnan Province. 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. 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 crisis caused the Puer market to collapse. |
Imprint Name: | University of Washington Press |
Publisher Name: | University of Washington Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2013-12-01 |