How To Break A Puerh Tea Cake 

Teabags are meant to be steep once, loose leaves can be steep a lot more time!

Yes, breaking up the cake you are going to drink and putting it in a ceramic jar for a month, then start drinking, is the ideal. You may not be able to do this, due to lack of space or jars, but it is the ideal. A half-broken cake is neither ideal for storage, nor for drinking...

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@@globalteahut thanks. By the way. Do I need to use filtered water for all of this? Or just standard chlorinated stuff out of the tap?

@@bradhouston4734 water is the cheapest way to improve all your tea. Each cup or bowl is 99% water ! Try experimenting with filtered waters and different bottled waters as well. We all have to find that convenience to quality sweet spot!

A clean ceramic jar is best (clay or porcelain for example). Puerh needs to breathe so the jar should have a lid but not be completely airtight. We will make a follow-up video explaining it in more detail soon.

That depends on the size of your teapot and how many people you are serving and in what brewing style. 10g may be an average? may be....

Let us know the cc of your pot and which type of tea you like and we could help more specifically :)

Global Tea Hut Wude answered my question this weekend in his talk. Thank you.

I find about 8/9g per 150ml works well

Good idea. Never tried it. Maybe worth an experiment., But perhaps it would effect the flavor...

Actually, bits and whole leaves steep very differently. Of course, don't take our word for it. Try a steeping just of bits and one just of whole leaves. You will see they taste very different, steep at different speeds and to different strengths.... There is no way to break a cake without creating some broken bits and a mix is usually ideal for steeping, but trying to keep the leaves whole while breaking is still a good approach we think. But if it doesn't matter to you then break away and stay happy and full of tea!