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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Chinese for ‘Bowl tea’. A common shape of Pu-erh Teas.
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