Pronunciation
English Name

Pu'er tea

Cantonese (Traditional)

普洱茶

Mandarin (Pinyin)

pǔ ěr chá


Yale Romanization

póu néi chàh

Character Breakdown

普洱 is Pu'er (the English spelling is patterned after the Mandarin pronunciation), the city in Yunnan associated with the tea. And is tea, so 普洱茶 is Pu'er tea.

Pu'er tea
About This Dish

Pu'er tea is a dark, fully fermented tea grown in the Yunnan province of China. It is post-fermented, where the leaves age even after drying.

Trivia

The Dragonball Z character Puar is named after Pu'er tea.

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Yale:
póu néi chàh