Pu-erh tea: Its manufacturing and health benets

Tea and Tea Products: Chemistry and Health-Promoting Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 9-15

  Chen, Huai Yuan ^a   Lin Shiau, Shoei Yn ^b   Lin, Jen Kun ^b  

^a The Chinese Art of Tea Craft Union   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 75249087213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420008036-6     Document Type: Chapter

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