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Pu-erh is a town in Yunnan, China; which was once famous for its tea trade. There are many forms of pu-erh tea (after oxidized tea) but none are grown and processed in the town. The many "after oxidized" teas from this region were once heavily traded and exported from pu-erh town (which is how this tea category got its name) but through a long period of civil unrest and disaster the tea trade diminished in the once boom town of tea. The "Pu-erh" teas come from a tea varietal known as "Da Yeh"(broad leaf type). Which have been propagated from pre-historic tea trees that are as old as 1800 years old. This broad leaf variety of tea is the camellia assamica evergreen and is best suited to warm and humid growing conditions.
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The geographical origin of Pu-erh Tea is located in China’s Yunnan Province within the areas of the Lancang River Basin. This region of Southwestern Yunnan is home to the world’s oldest tea cultures and tea economy. The broad leaf tea tree species used to make authentic Pu-erh has been consumed as a food, medicine and beverage by Yunnan’s ancient inhabitants of Tibeto-Burman origin who are known as the “Pu” ethnic group and the world’s first tea farmers.
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Pu-erh has the innate ability of flight or self-levitation as seen throughout the series. Having ... learned how to master shapeshifting by graduating from the Shapeshifting Academy, Pu-erh can transform into anything, even inanimate objects. Unlike Oolong, Pu-erh can hold a form as long as he likes; although strength is not increased by the transformation as such is unable to turn into something that can be used up, like fuel or food.
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Pu-erh teas ... have a lot of medical lore surrounding them. In China they are considered beneficial for lowering cholesterol, fighting hangovers, and aiding digestion. Most Chinese will drink a pu-erh tea just after eating any food that is heavy or greasy.
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Pu-240, while of little importance by itself, plays a crucial role as a contaminant in plutonium used in nuclear weapons. It spontaneously fissions at a high rate, and a 1% impurity in Pu-239 will lead to unacceptably early initiation of a fission chain reaction in gun-type atomic weapons (e.g. the proposed Thin Man bomb), blowing the weapon apart before much of its material can fission. Pu-240 contamination is the reason plutonium weapons must use an implosion design. A theoretical 100% pure Pu-239 weapon could be constructed as a gun-type device, but achieving this level of purity is prohibitively difficult. Pu-240 contamination has proven a mixed blessing to weapons designers.
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Pu-erh’s difference in flavor comes from an additional step in processing. After picking the leaves, the tea maker either creates a green or a black tea. Once that is done, a special micro-fermentation agent is added. This remains a state secret that is as closely guarded today as it was under the Ming Dynasty -- back then the punishment for divulging tea secrets was death. The best way to describe this process is to compare it to what happens to milk when rennet is added to make it a cheese. Some green pu-erhs do have a slight yogurt taste to them.
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