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Compressed tea
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| Compressed tea | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 緊壓茶 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 紧压茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | tight press tea | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 고형차 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 固形茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | solid tea | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 緊圧茶 | ||||||||
| Kana | きんあつちゃ | ||||||||
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| Tea brick | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 磚茶 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 砖茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | brick tea | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 벽돌차 / 전차 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 甓돌茶 / 磚茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | brick tea | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 磚茶 | ||||||||
| Kana | ひちゃ、とうちゃ、せんちゃ | ||||||||
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| Tea cake | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 餅茶 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 饼茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | cake tea | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 떡차 / 병차 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 떡茶 / 餠茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | cake tea | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 餅茶 | ||||||||
| Kana | へいちゃ、もちちゃ | ||||||||
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| Tea lump | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 團茶 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 团茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | lump tea | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 덩이차 / 단차 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 덩이茶 / 團茶 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | lump tea | ||||||||
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| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Kanji | 団茶 | ||||||||
| Kana | だんちゃ | ||||||||
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Compressed tea, called tea bricks, tea cakes or tea lumps, and tea nuggets according to the shape and size, are blocks of whole or finely ground black tea, green tea, or post-fermented 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 like tea or eaten as food, and were also used in the past as a form of currency.
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