Babelcarp Translation

maocha (Mao2 Cha2) = literally Coarse [unfinished] Tea (毛茶): (1) in tea manufacture, a stage at which the enzymes in the tea have been deactivated (sha qing) by heat so that normal oxidation cannot occur, but before an optional final roasting to change the flavor, (2) in the context of pu’ercha, there is a more specific meaning: the sun- and/or heat-dried leaves of the Da Ye tea tree prior to compression