Please explain the process of Pu-erh raw tea and ripe tea as shown in the diagram.

The diagram featured above details the steps by which pu’erh raw and ripened

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are produced. Looking from an

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perspective, it is readily apparent that there are 3 main stages beginning with initial deactivation and drying, followed by either ageing or fermentation and

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storage in the case of the raw

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and compression for the ripe

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. The process for both varieties of

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commences when the leaves are fried in pans in order to deactivate specific enzymes.

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is followed by rolling the fried leaves and drying them in the sun. In the next stage, the two kinds of

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are treated in different ways. For the ripe

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, the loose raw

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is fermented with mould and

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compressed to form the final product. In terms of raw

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, the leaves are first compressed. Subsequent to

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step, the

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is aged, rather than fermented, and the pu’erh raw

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is

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available for use.