Tee ea Pu-erh e tsoa profinseng ea China ea Yunnan 'me e rehelletsoe ka toropo e ka boroa ho profinse eo. Li-tea tsa lelapa lena li nkoa e le tsa bohlokoa haholo Chaena, 'me liphiri tsa tlhahiso ha li senoloe' me li fetisoa feela ho tloha molokong o mong ho ea ho o mong. Re tseba feela hore makhasi a bokelitsoeng a omisitsoe letsatsing (ke tsela eo puer maocha e fumanoang ka eona), ebe e belisoa ebe e hatelloa ka thuso ea majoe a maholo ka likuku kapa litene. Pu-erh e riteloa ka tsela e tšoanang le tee e ntšo le ea oolong. Metsi a phehiloe, ebe makhasi a tee a tšeloa ka metsi a seng makae 'me ka mor'a metsotsoana e 10 metsi a tšoloha. Mokhoa ona o bonolo o "bula" makhasi. Ka mor'a moo, makhasi a tšeloa ka metsi a mangata 'me tee e lumelloa ho noa (metsotso e 5). Ke habohlokoa hore u se ke ua pepesa tee haholo, ho seng joalo e tla ba bohloko. Ho itšetlehile ka mofuta oa pu-erh, 'mala oa tee e entsoeng e ka ba mosehla o mosehla, oa khauta, o mofubelu kapa o lefifi. Mefuta e meng ea pu-erh e shebahala joaloka kofi ka mor'a ho riteloa 'me e na le tatso e monate, ea mobu, empa e hanoa ke litsebi tsa tee. Ho lumeloa hore ena ke pu-erh ea boleng bo tlaase. Makhasi a tee a boleng bo holimo a ka riteloa hangata. Batho ba ratang tee ba re ha ho riteloa ka mor'a moo, tatso ea tee e hlola feela. Joale ka melemo ea pu-erh. Hobane ke tee e nang le oxidized, e na le li-antioxidants tse fokolang haholo ho feta li-tea tse tšoeu le tse tala, empa Machaena a motlotlo ka pu-erh 'me a bolela hore e khothalletsa ho theola boima ba' mele, e theola boemo ba k'holeseterole ea mali, 'me e molemo bakeng sa tsamaiso ea pelo. Ho entsoe lipatlisiso tse nyane ka pu-erh ho fihlela joale, kahoo ha re tsebe hantle hore na lipolelo tsena ke 'nete hakae. Puerh e hlile e thusa ho theola maemo a k'holeseterole le kotsi ea lefu la pelo, ho latela lithuto tse ling, empa ha ho liphuputso tse entsoeng ke batho. Chaena, phuputso ea litoeba tsa 2009 e ile ea etsoa 'me ea fumana hore pu-erh e fokotsehile maemo a "bad" cholesterol (LDL) le triglycerides le ho eketseha ha "cholesterol" e ntle (HDL) liphoofolong ka mor'a ho ja puerh extract. Empa re tseba ho tsoa lithutong tse ling hore mefuta eohle ea tee e fokotsa kotsi ea lefu la pelo le mofets'e. Kahoo, mohlomong, sena se sebetsa le ho pu-erh.
Ke morati e moholo oa boleng ba pu-erh. Ke bile lehlohonolo la ho latsoa tse ling tsa mefuta e metle ea tee ena ha ke ntse ke etela Chaena - ke ne ke thabile haholo! Ka lehlohonolo, joale o ka reka pu-erh ea boleng bo holimo eseng China feela! Ke khothaletsa haholo. Andrew Weil, MD : drweil.com : Lakshmi