Discovery of Pu’er tea at Xinjiang site sheds light on ancient Silk Road exchanges

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Pu'er tea Photo: VCGUpon analyzing the residue found in an ancient pottery jar unearthed in Turpan, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Chinese archaeologists discovered that it was actually Pu'er tea - a type of tea unique to faraway Yunnan Province in Southwest China.This pottery j