Brick Tea

Tea bricks (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: , zhūan chá) or compressed tea (traditional: ; simplified: , jǐnyā chá) are blocks of whole or finely ground tea leaves that have been packed in molds and pressed into block form. This was the most commonly produced and used form of tea in ancient China prior to the Ming Dynasty. Although tea bricks are less commonly produced in modern times, many post-fermented teas, such as pu-erh, are still commonly found in bricks, discs, and other pressed forms. Tea bricks can be made into beverages or eaten as a source of food, and were also used in the past as a form of currency.
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brick trowel 砌砖镘刀

brick tea
brick tea, tea leaves and young shoots, or refuse tea, steamed or mixed with fat, etc., and pressed into the form of bricks. it is used in northern and central asia. w. williams...
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(n) плиточный чай

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