Chágāo — tea paste, literally “tea resin” — has a documented history running from the Táng-era court to a currency role in the Yuán-dynasty Tibet trade to a Qīng-dynasty imperial luxury, and a partial loss of the traditional slow-cauldron technique through the 20th century before renewed interest from Yunnan producers today. This SKU dissolves directly in hot water — no leaf, no strainer, no rinse — a genuinely different format from a pressed cake or loose leaf, aimed at speed and portability rather than a gōngfū session.
This listing carries the real weight formats, wholesale price bands and brewing spec from the teamotea retail catalog (SKU 1.2, the ripe/shú version; a raw/shēng paste also exists in the same catalog line). puerh.app does not yet carry a dedicated editorial profile for this format — the fuller production history lives on thetea.app, our sister encyclopedia covering all Chinese tea categories.