hi all

i thought that the compressed tea enjoyed by tibetans was pu-erh, but was
told recently that this is not the case.
so what type of tea do they use, and where can i find it?

thanks,
-ben

"Ben Snyder" writes:

i thought that the compressed tea enjoyed by tibetans was pu-erh, but was
told recently that this is not the case.

I also have heard that it's Puerh. Where did you find this denied?

/Lew
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"Lewis Perin" wrote in message
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"Ben Snyder" writes:

i thought that the compressed tea enjoyed by tibetans was pu-erh, but
was
told recently that this is not the case.

I also have heard that it's Puerh. Where did you find this denied?

in the Lhasa Moon Tibetan Cookbook, here's a link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Great book BTW, but this makes me scratch my head. The author mentions that
the tea used for Tibetan butter tea is not the same as pu-erh beeng cha,
this yields a different flavor. Maybe the difference is in black vs. green
pu-erh?

-ben

"Ben Snyder" writes:

"Lewis Perin" wrote in message
news
"Ben Snyder" writes:

i thought that the compressed tea enjoyed by tibetans was
pu-erh, but was told recently that this is not the case.

I also have heard that it's Puerh. Where did you find this denied?

in the Lhasa Moon Tibetan Cookbook, here's a link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Great book BTW, but this makes me scratch my head. The author mentions that
the tea used for Tibetan butter tea is not the same as pu-erh beeng cha,
this yields a different flavor. Maybe the difference is in black vs. green
pu-erh?

Maybe it's zhuan cha (tight brick, not loose cake as in beeng/bing
cha.) If so, it would presumably still be Puerh, whether black or green.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

Lewis Perin wrote in message ...
"Ben Snyder" writes:

"Lewis Perin" wrote in message
news
"Ben Snyder" writes:

i thought that the compressed tea enjoyed by tibetans was
pu-erh, but was told recently that this is not the case.

I also have heard that it's Puerh. Where did you find this denied?

in the Lhasa Moon Tibetan Cookbook, here's a link to it on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846

Great book BTW, but this makes me scratch my head. The author mentions that
the tea used for Tibetan butter tea is not the same as pu-erh beeng cha,
this yields a different flavor. Maybe the difference is in black vs. green
pu-erh?

Maybe it's zhuan cha (tight brick, not loose cake as in beeng/bing
cha.) If so, it would presumably still be Puerh, whether black or green.

/Lew
---
Lew Perin /
http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html


essentially its still pu-erh tea, and mostly come in the form of
compressed shapes, e.g. mushrooms etc are especially common.