A puer knife pries compressed tea apart without shredding the leaf — that is the whole job, and a kitchen knife does it badly enough to ruin the tea. Slim, sturdy blades for pu-erh cakes and tea service.
Prying and portioning compressed pu-erh and tea cakes without crumbling the leaf; the slimmer blades work much like a tea needle for lifting whole leaves intact.
Tea houses, specialty cafés and serious tea programs serving compressed teas — they also suit incense service, as with the sheep horn incense knife on this shelf.
This shelf runs from No. 45 all-metal knives to hand forged patterned steel with copper, ebony or wood handles, with gift box or leather case presentation — tell us your setting and we'll point you to one.
A puer tea knife, also spelled pu erh tea knife, prises leaf off a compressed cake without shredding it — a blade shaped more like an awl than a knife. A tea knife set adds the picks and the needle for tighter cakes.
