Yunnan Tuo Tea, also called puerh Tuo Tea, is developed and produced by the Xiaguan Tea Factory. The tea is prepared by using semi-prepared green tea of the Yunnan improved tea species from different areas as raw material undergoing a modern technological process. The product is different both from black tea and from green tea, it belongs to a kind of mild and neutral tea. The tea is marked by shape of a bowl, uniform compactness, dark-red luster, bright-red liquor,mellow mild taste and matured scent. According to the clinical experimental reports made by the hospitals at home and abroad the tea has an extraordinary efficacy of lessening blood fat, lowering cholesterol, reducing weight, improving looks and prolonging life. The product won the Title of Quality Product of the Yunnan Province both in 1980 and 1994, the Title given at ministerial level in 1987, the Gold Award for World’s Food Excellence three times in 1986、1987 and 1993 and the Gold Award of European Food Excellence in 1996.The tea is exported mainly to the Western Europe, Hongkong, Macao, altogether more than 20 countries and regions.