The diagram illustrates the process of producing two types of Pru-erh tea. The process includes different stages, starting from frying fresh tea leaves until it gets ready for consuming.
Firstly, the tea leaves with the name of Pru-erh ripe tea are fried in special pan which helps to kill various microbes. And then it should be rolled and left under the sun to dry resulting in loose raw tea.The half ready tea is fermented by Mold, following that it becomes loose ripe tea.For getting Pu-erh ripe tea, the process is finished with compression.
Producing Pru-erh Raw tea difference a bit from the Pru-erh ripe tea.The process also involve some of the stages above such as pan frying and leaving under the sun to dry.Received loose raw tea undergoes to compression and then product should be aged by storage, eventually it is got ready Vintage Pru-erh Raw tea for consuming.
In contrast, there is a difference with compressing section, loose Raw tea goes to compression after drying under the sun, while Pru-erh Ripe tea is passed from this stage on the final section.