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Puerh comes from China’s Yunnan province. Shou puerh is achieved through an accelerated process of fermentation called wo dui<\/em> (wet piling). It has a deep, organic and woody flavour. In this blend, the tea leaves are stuffed in a young, dried Tangerine peel from Xinui. The citrus slowly seeps into the leaves. The result is an accompanying zesty flavour.<\/p>\n

Read our brewing guide here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shou (ripe) puerh stuffed in a Xinhui tangerine.<\/p>\n

3 balls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":462,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[48,73,74],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-146","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-dark-puerh","product_cat-tea","product_cat-puerh-collection","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nXiao Qing Gan (Tangerine Puerh) - Mzansi Tea House<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this blend, the tea leaves are stuffed in a young, dried Tangerine peel from Xinui. 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