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The diagram displays the

process

of making

Pu-erh

tea

in both raw

tea

and ripe

tea

. Overall,

this

process

involves two main stages of preparing

tea

leaves to be loose raw

tea

and the compression

process

is used to create

Pu-erh

tea

. The difference between raw

tea

and ripe

tea

is the

process

called fermentation by mould which is only founded in the stage of preparing ripe

tea

.

First

of all, the

tea

leaves are heated in the frying pan to inactivate Enzymes

then

they are rolled and dried under the sun for a certain period. After that, dried

tea

become loose raw

tea

and is ready to use in the

next

process

. The

next

process

is to create

Pu-erh

raw

tea

by compressing loose raw

tea

.

Next

, if the

Pu-erh

raw

tea

is stored long enough, the green colour of the

tea

will turn brown and it becomes vintage

Pu-erh

raw

tea

. Alternatively, if loose raw

tea

is not compressed and it is fermented by mould, it will turn to loose ripe

tea

which

also

has a brown colour.

Lastly

, the compression method can

also

be used to transform loose ripe

tea

into

Pu-erh

ripe

tea

.