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

tea

are produced. Looking from an

overall

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

finally

storage in the case of the raw

tea

and compression for the ripe

tea

. The process for both varieties of

tea

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

This

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

tea

are treated in different ways. For the ripe

tea

, the loose raw

tea

is fermented with mould and

then

compressed to form the final product. In terms of raw

tea

, the leaves are first compressed. Subsequent to

this

step, the

tea

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

tea

is

then

available for use.