Yunnan Chitsu Pingcha Tea

[QuickSilver]

In my annual trip to Chicago's Chinatown, I found an out of the way tea shop.. I purchased several kinds of tea which the proprietor assured me took care of my assorted medical concerns. This one is for IBS and also helps lower cholesterol.. $20 for a compressed disc of 8 year old tea from the Yunnan Province.. which I am told increases in value and potency for each year. Who knows..? Maybe worth a shot.

 

[jujube]

Have you ever seen the huge blocks of tea they have in some Chinatown stores? They sell it by breaking off a piece and weighing it. It brings new meaning to "one cube or two"?

 

[QuickSilver]

yes.. I am amazed at the different types of tea that is sold.. Those blocks as well as the cakes are sundried. pressed and fermented.... aged for years. I have been told that some of the older aged teas sell for thousands of dollars

 

[jujube]

Blocks of tea were used as currency in China up to a hundred years ago or so. Imagine a poker game..."OK, I'll call your chunk of green tea and raise you two chunks of black tea."