Tea Type: Puer Ripe Tuocha Net weight: 250g/pc, Price for one pc ONLY. Production Date: 2010 Year, Origin: Yunnan,China Manufacturer: Yunnan Xiaguan Tuocha(Group) Co.,Ltd. Xiao Fa Tuo Cha was first produced in 1975 and then exported in batches since 1976. The name Xiao Fa literally refers to selling the France; in other words, this Tuo Cha was mainly exported to France as the healthy teas. In 1986, 1987 and 1993, Xia Fa Tuo had been awarded as the World Food Golden Medal respectively, for its loosing weight, slimming and healthy tea functions. Xiao Fa Tuo cha is the tradtional ripe Pu Er tea recipe, which will age quite fast and has mellow&smooth taste and long sweetness. This tea is about 4 years old, its pile fermentation smell has disappeared mostly and the aged aroma will come soon. Pu-erh tea can be purchased as either raw/green (sheng) or ripened/cooked (shu), depending on processing method or aging. Sheng pu-erh can be roughly classified on the tea oxidation scale as a green tea, and the shou or aged-green variants as post-fermented tea. Unlike other teas that should ideally be consumed shortly after production, pu-erh can be drunk immediately or aged for many years; pu-erh teas are often now classified by year and region of production much like wine vintages. -|-_-|-