| Chinese Characters |
Pinyin |
Term |
Picture |
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tong |
A stack of bingcha wrapped in bamboo or banana leaves, usually 7 cakes. |
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Tuocha |
Bowl shaped, also known as birds nest, often called "Bowl shaped Brick Tea" |
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Bingcha |
Cake Tea, often sold in stacks of 7 called the Seven Sons(七子 - qi zi). |
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Jin Gua |
Golden Melon, Puerh compressed into a melon shape. Ranges in size from a golf ball to a Beanbag Chair. |
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Sancha |
loose tea leaves |
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Xiao-Tuocha |
Mini Tuocha like the Tuocha above but packed in 2-5 gram pieces. Designed to be convenient as you simply use one piece per pot of tea. |
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Jincha |
Mushroom shaped cakes of tea favored in Tibet.
Literally means tightly rolled tea or "Yunnan Tight Tea" |
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Zhuancha |
Rectangular bricks |
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Fangcha |
Square bricks |
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| Chinese Characters |
Pinyin |
Term |
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Simao |
A town famous for puerh production |
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Meng Hai |
A town, and county, famous for Puerh processing. There is also a factory by the same name, |
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Ban Zhang |
One of the mountains famous for puerh trees |
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Jing Mai |
One of the mountains famous for puerh trees |
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Nan Nuo |
One of the mountains famous for puerh trees |
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Yi Wu |
One of the mountains famous for puerh trees |
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You Le Shan |
One of the mountains famous for puerh trees |
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Liu Da Cha Shan |
Six Famous Tea Mountains - A range of mountains famous for Puerh trees. There is also a factory by the same name. |
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Xishuangbanna |
The geographical region that contains the famous Puerh Mountains. |
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Pu'er |
The town that Puerh ( Pu'er) Tea is named after. This is the town where the farmers brought the leaf to be traded which was then made into puerh. |
| Chinese Characters |
Pinyin |
Term |
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qian liang cha
(huan juan) |
1000 Tael Tea (a true black tea very similar to puer)
Hua Juan is the term for the rolled and compressed shape of the tea. |
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chen nian puerh |
Aged Puerh |
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zhu tong xiang cha |
Bamboo Puerh (puerh packed into a bamboo cane) |
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zhu qiao cha |
Bamboo Shell Puer (puer wrapped in bamboo leaves) |
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jinya cha |
Compressed Tea |
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Puerh Cha |
General term for Puerh Tea. |
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gong fu cha |
Gongfu Tea |
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shan |
mountain |
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Yunnan Puerh Cha |
Puerh Tea from Yunnan. |
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Cha Guan |
Tea House |
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Cha |
Tea or Tea Plant |
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Cha Hu |
Teapot |
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Mian Zhi |
The cotton paper commonly used to wrap puerh cakes |
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Shai Qing |
The process of sun drying puerh leaves to make Mao Cha, the raw product used to make puerh. |
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Wo Dui |
The process of turning mao cha into cooked or black puerh. It is a type of hydro-thermal fermentation similar to composting. |
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Mao Cha |
The raw dried leaf used to make puerh. |
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ju pu shao tuo cha |
Tuocha Nest with chrysanthemum |
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qiangwei pu xiao tuocha |
Tuocha nest with rose |
| Chinese Characters |
Pinyin |
Term |
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Shou Lian Xing |
astringent |
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Wo Ke Bu Ke Yi Pin Shi Zhe Ge Cha? |
Can I taste this Tea? |
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leng |
cold |
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nin you |
Do you have |
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anggui |
expensive, costly |
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wei |
fake |
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gao |
high |
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tang |
hot |
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duo shao |
How much? |
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jiao shao |
less or lessor |
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di |
low |
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geng |
more |
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pian |
piece (each) |
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qing rang wo kan kan |
Please show me ___ (fill in the blank) |
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tian |
Sweet |
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Jia Qian Tai Gao Le |
The Price is too high (unreasonable) |
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Zhe Cha Hen Sheng |
This Tea is still Raw (young). |
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ye |
too |
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Zhe Cha Shi Na Yi Ge Cha Chang De Chu Pin |
What factory is this from |
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shi shen me jia ge |
What is the price |
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wo neng zai na li zhao dao |
Where can I find ___ (fill in the blank) |
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ni mei shuo shi hua |
You are not telling the truth |
