Pu'er
Pǔ'ěr (普洱) or
Sīmáo (思茅) is a city in Southern
Yunnan, capital of Pu'er Prefecture. It has been a center for trade, mainly with
Burma, for centuries.
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The area's best-known product is
Pu'er cha, Pu'er tea, a heavily fermented
tea packed into flat cakes. These were originally for the horse caravan trade into
Tibet and
Burma. The cakes are embossed with designs, pretty enough that some people hang them as wall ornaments.
