Pu-erh is one of the very few teas whose taste, like that of quality wine, improves with age. In fact, many tea connoisseurs purchase the tea and store it for many years before actual consumption. Pu-erh tea comes in two basic types: 1) the raw variety; and 2) the ripe variety. Raw Pu-erh tea is allowed to age and ferment naturally in optimum environmental conditions, sometimes for 15-25 years before the tea is drunk. Ripe Pu-erh, on the other hand, undergoes an accelerated "fermentation process" whereby the tea attains some of the same flavorful and mild taste attributes in a matter of months. This is a "ripe Pu-erh from a 2006 Autumn harvest in Menghai, Xishuanbanna, Yunnan Province. It won third place at the Second China Yunnan Pu-erh Tea International Fair of 2007. The brew is rusty-red in color and exhibits a smooth earthy date flavor with a sweet aftertaste that is comforting and pleasing to the palate. It is best consumed after a meal.
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