Gong Fu Tea|chA - Episode 22 - Purple Tea (紫茶 | Zǐ Chá)

So-Han explores the relatively new and under-recognized world of Purple Leaf Tea in this very special episode! In Yunnan, the site of most of China's current Purple Tea research, Pu'er plants with purple leaves processed into Sheng Pu'er fall into two main categories: Zi Ya ("Purple Bud") or what West China Tea calls "Wild Purple" and Zi Juan ("Purple Grace"). Zi Ya is the naturally occurring variant of the tea plant that exhibits purple-tinted leaves due to a mutation, epigenetic expression, or some other factors. Zi Juan, which was developed by scientists at the Menghai Tea Research Institute in 2008, is bred for its distinct purpleness and regularly yields very purple leaves. Purple leaves can also be processed into other types of tea such as White Tea, Shu Pu'er, Red Tea, and Green Tea. After a side by side of Immortal Dew Sheng Pu'er, Zi Ya Purple Sheng, and Zi Juan Purple Sheng, So-Han briefly explores the other expressions of Purple Leaf Tea. Tea featured int his episode: -Wild Purple (Zi Ya) Sheng Pu'er: https://westchinatea.com/30g-wild-pur... -Purple Grace (Zi Juan) Sheng Pu'er: https://westchinatea.com/30g-purple-g... -Immortal Dew Gu Shu Sheng Pu'er: https://westchinatea.com/30g-2009-imm... -Purple Rain Butter Shu Pu'er: https://westchinatea.com/30g-purple-r... -Ultra Violet Purple Leaf Red Tea: https://westchinatea.com/30g-ultra-vi... -Purple Moonlight White Tea: https://westchinatea.com/30g-moonligh... -Esmeralda Purple Leaf Green Tea: https://westchinatea.com/30g-esmeralda/ -Gamma Ray Wild Purple Red Tea: https://westchinatea.com/30g-gamma-ray/ Gong Fu Tea|chA is a viewer-supported show. Please consider supporting the show on Patreon:   / teahouseghost   Music by: B. Glenn Copeland (www.SongCycles.com) Production Credits: Directed by: Echo Duemig Director of Photography: Jacob Berardi Edited by: Henry Arrambide Assistant Edited by: Jacob Berardi Sound by: Echo Duemig