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Famous for the strength of flavor, pu-erh tea (pronounced POO-air) is for the adventurous tea drinker. These teas have been made for centuries in Yunnan Province, China. Pu-erh tea is often pressed or molded into bricks or cakes, making them great for easy transportation, in the old days, by caravan. Its popularity spread when Mongol horsemen carried this tea across Asia under Kublai Khan during the thirteenth century. The name Pu-erh comes from Pu-erh city in southern Yunnan, where the tea would be collected from the surrounding regions before it was set out in caravans for export.