Description
Sticky Rice Puerh Tuocha is premium puerh tea, with a distinctly sticky rice taste and like nothing you’ve ever tasted in a tea. It boasts a rich, nutty, sweet, and hugely aromatic flavor. The rice aroma and taste balance each other in the cup. The underlying puerh brings an earthy base flavor to carry the rice notes. The sticky rice flavor comes from an herb that smells and tastes like sticky rice.
Brewing Sticky Rice
Brew this tea, and your whole house will smell like sticky rice. This compressed puerh comes in small buttons, or nests, wrapped in paper. Remove the paper before brewing. The nests weigh approximately 5 grams, which will brew 16 oz of tea. As the nest steeps, it gradually decompresses and takes the shape of brewed loose-leaf tea.
A few facts about puerh tea
- often referred to as a hangover tea
- can help with digestion
- has less caffeine than black tea, because older leaves are used to process into puerh
- is probiotic
- the only tea actually fermented
- is a diuretic
- may help curb your appetite
Horse tea trade route
While puerh is in the class of dark tea, which is aged Chinese tea, puerh tea must come from the southern region of Yunnan, China. Puerh tea has its origins in the horse tea trade route, where people in Yunnan would trade tea for horses with the surrounding countries. The tea compressed and aged as it was routed through the mountains. It took on the form of tea, which we now refer to as dark tea, or puerh, depending on its origin location.
A favorite puerh
Sticky Rice Puerh is a favorite among of our customers. Take compressed puerh nests with you and brew on the go. They’re easy to brew and wrapped in paper in 5g units. Enjoy any time of day. Step into puerh with this easy to brew tea, and see why so many other tea lovers enjoy this fermented tea.
Lake Missoula Tea Company commits to direct-sourcing teas and botanicals from sustainable farms. First we choose organic ingredients, and then we create our blends in small batches. In short, we love to drink this stuff, and we’re proud to share with you the tastiest, freshest tea possible. Store away from light and oxygen, and your teas will keep for a good long time.
My favorite puerh; this tea has a fulfilling blend of umami and tannic elements that make my stomach happy. The earthy flavor is unique without being overpowering.
Hi Lara, there’s no other tea like our Sticky Rice. It’s super satisfying and aromatic ; ) LMTC
The puerh that got me started down the puerh rabbit hole. This tea will truly make your entire room smell wonderful as it brews. Not to mention being a delight to drink. A favorite in the colder months, but just as good all year. It has a full body that grows the longer you steep and I adore that one cake is enough for one very large mug or two of my glass VIVA single cup brews.
I have since tried (and loved) many other puerhs but this is one I never let myself run out of because it is my most regularly used.
Hi Echo, Thank you for the kind review, and we couldn’t agree more-the Sticky Rice simply melts a room with toasty aromas, LMTC
I learned about puerh tea from this tea shop, and it’s become my absolute favorite morning drink and I’ve come to enjoy it more than coffee. In my goal to slowly try all of the different puerh teas that LMTC has to offer, I keep coming back to this one as my favorite. The sticky rice aroma is lovely. The flavor is nutty and a little sweet (again notes of sticky rice!). I love the little nests for portioning out the right amount of tea, and I find for my habits one nest steeped and re-steeped throughout the morning is the perfect amount for me. This tea is very tasty and special!
Hi Erika,
Thank you for the review! So glad you found Sticky Rice Puerh, LMTC
Oh my, this tea is delicious! It is creamy & nutty & is like nothing I’ve ever tasted before. And the smell!! This will definitely be on repeat for me.
Hi MB,
Glad you found Sticky Rice Puerh – it’s a one of kind like no other! LMTC