Tibeti

Not to be confused with Tibetan.

Tibetan tea (Chinese: 藏茶) is a post-fermented tea that originated in Yaan. It has been long been traded as a tea brick between China and Tibet. The tea is packed in Kangting and shipped over the caravan routes by yak.[1]

The writer Keith Souter called Tibeti "a famous Tibetan tea, which can be made into tea bricks".[2] In 1842, Godfrey Vigne wrote of Tibeti, "When well made, it resembles chocolate in appearance, in consequence of the reddish tinge imparted to the tea by the presence of the soda, which prevents it also from cloying."[3]

  1. ^ Wang, Chuan 王川 (2022). 川康近代社会略论稿 [A Brief Commentary on Chuankang's Modern Society] (in Chinese). Beijing: Beijing Book [zh]. ISBN 978-7-101-15538-9. Retrieved 2022-07-30 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Souter, Keith (2013). The Tea Cyclopedia: A Celebration of the World's Favorite Drink. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62873-548-2. Retrieved 2022-07-30 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Watt, George (1908). The Commercial Products of India: Being an Abridgement of "The Dictionary of the Economic Products of India.". London: John Murray. p. 23. Retrieved 2022-07-30 – via Google Books.