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Poster

The Rui Cunha Foundation presents today, Thursday, September 18th at 6:30pm, a Lecture and Tasting Ceremony of “The Yunnan’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Tea Art”, co-organized by the Macau Yunnan Tea Chamber of Commerce. The event will feature guest speakers Chen Haoyan, Founder of the aforementioned institution; Zheng Zhanpeng, Founder of Lao Ban Zhang Tea Company, Ltd. of Menghai; and Xu Yanting, heiress of the ethnic Pu’er tea brand “Fire Pond Boiling Water”. The event will also feature physician and writer Shee Va, who will assist with simultaneous interpretation between Mandarin, Cantonese, and Portuguese.

The session aims to promote knowledge of the history and origins of “Lao Ban Zhang” tea, named after the village where it is produced in Menghai County, at the southwest of Yunnan Province, near the border with Myanmar. Located in a mountainous area between 1,700 and 1,900 meters above sea level, with an average annual temperature of 18.7 degrees Celsius, Lao Ban Zhang produces one of the rarest and most prized types of Pu’er tea. Local minorities, such as the Bu Lang tribe, have for centuries been responsible for the tea plantations in this high-altitude region, which remains covered in thick fog for almost half the year.

Pu’er tea is a traditional fermented tea variety from Yunnan Province, China, produced from the leaves of the native Camellia sinensis var. assamica plant. This kind of fermentation refers to the microbial process that typically occurs after the tea leaves have been sufficiently dried and rolled, in the form of “wet piling”, allowing them to continue oxidizing until the desired flavors are achieved.

This showcase of Yunnan tea art and culture at the FRC Gallery also includes a “Pu’er Seven-Course Tea” demonstration and tasting ceremony, which will be shared with the attending audience, allowing connoisseurs and enthusiasts to experience its authentic flavor. «Most products currently sold in supermarkets and tea shops are not pure tea. Consumers are simply purchasing a piece of tissue paper wrapped around a tea cake, not the pure tea of Bingdao, Lao Ban Zhang, or other varieties. The result is a poor taste and bitterness», explain the event organizers.

Admission is free.
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