Ⅱ.Development of Contemporary Pu’er Tea
With the increasing innovation of science and technology, the traditional research on Pu’er tea has stepped to the high-tech track.The innovation and application of new varieties,new processes, new equipment and new technologies have led Pu’er tea to a scientific and technological road of flavor, functionality, digitalization, intelligence and branding, guiding the development of Pu’er tea in technology, culture, tea life, economy and industry to a healthy trend as a whole.The technology and concept of Pu’er tea after continuous innovation and development officially enter the“9G (Generation)”era.
Fig.1-8 Diagram of“9G”Pu’er tea
图1-9 风味普洱
功能普洱：指从功能物质角度，开展富含功能物质的普洱茶研究，从而研制出保健功能突出的特色普洱茶。
图1-10 功能普洱
数字普洱：指通过技术创新，应用有益菌进行发酵或应用新工艺技术，精准调控普洱茶内含成分含量，生产出品质特征鲜明、某种功能活性成分含量较高、具有定向风味或养生功效的新型普洱茶，是普洱茶的标准数字化体系的综合体现。
Flavored Pu’er tea: Through a specific processing technology, some flavor substances are reduced or increased to change the taste and form a specific flavor.For example, dominant/different microbial strains are used to control the flavor of Pu’er tea .
Fig.1-9 Flavored Pu’er tea
Functional Pu’er tea : From the perspective of functional substances, Pu’er tea ’s rich in functional substances is studied, so as to develop characteristic Pu’er tea with outstanding healthcare function.
Fig.1-10 Functional Pu’er tea
Digital Pu’er tea: Through technological innovation, the beneficial bacteria are used for fermentation or new technology is applied to precisely control the content of contained ingredients in Pu’er tea, so as to produce a new type of Pu’er tea with distinctive quality characteristics, high content of some functional active ingredients, directional flavor or health-preserving effect, which is a comprehensive embodiment of the standard digital system for Pu’er tea.
图1-11 数字普洱
科技普洱：指从茶园到茶杯整个产业链中各环节应用标准化、可控化、智能化的科技创新设备和技术手段，实现普洱茶加工生产中的标准可控，提质增效。
图1-12 科技普洱
云上普洱：通过以茶叶生产链为基础，信息技术为核心，以大数据、物联网和人工智能为手段，创建“从茶园到茶杯”全生命周期的可视化监控、智能化调控体系，实现源头可控制、过程可追踪、质量有保证、安全可追溯，促进茶产业繁荣健康、可持续地发展。
图1-13 云上普洱
Fig.1-11 Digital Pu’er tea
Technological Pu’er tea: The application of standardized, controllable and intelligent technological innovation equipment and technical means in all links of the whole industrial chain from tea garden to tea cup realizes the standard control, quality improvement and efficiency increase in Pu’er tea processing and production.
Fig.1-12 Technological Pu’er tea
Cloud Pu’er tea: Based on the tea production chain and with information technology as the core, and big data, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence as the means, a visual monitoring and intelligent control system for the whole life cycle from tea garden to tea cup is established, so as to control the source, track the process, guarantee the quality and trace the safety, thus promoting the prosperous, healthy and sustainable development of tea industry.
Fig.1-13 Cloud Pu’er tea
养生普洱：按照传统中医养生理念与现代西方医学体系有效结合研制的新时代普洱茶产品，通过开展全方位、系统性普洱茶的保健功效研究，实现精准养生，有利于人民健康和幸福指数的提高，促进全社会更加和谐、快乐地发展。
图1-14 养生普洱
人文普洱：以科学普洱为前提，把文化普洱、艺术普洱、科技普洱、健康普洱系统升华在人文普洱发展形态上完成普洱茶作为物质产品和精神产品的完美结合。
图1-15 人文普洱
Health-preserving Pu’er tea: Pu’er tea products developed in the new era according to the effective combination of traditional Chinese medicine regimen and modern western medical system, can achieve accurate health preservation after the all-round and systematic research is carried out on the health-preserving efficacy of Pu’er tea, which is conducive to improving people’s health and happiness index, and promoting the harmonious development of the whole society.
Fig.1-14 Health-preserving Pu’er tea
Humanistic Pu’er tea: Based on scientific Pu’er tea, cultural Pu’er tea, artistic Pu’er tea,technological Pu’er tea and healthy Pu’er tea are sublimated systematically, and the perfect combination of Pu’er tea as material product and spiritual product is completed in the development form of humanistic Pu’er tea.
Fig.1-15 Humanistic Pu’er tea
Brand Pu’er tea: Based on technological Pu’er tea, it is possible to realize digital Pu’er tea,inherit flavored Pu’er tea, innovate in functional Pu’er tea, create health-preserving and humanistic Pu’er tea, build intelligent Pu’er tea, highlight Pu’er tea culture and grasp the cognition of target consumers, and fully convey the Pu’er tea products and the products of brand culture.
品牌普洱：立足于科技普洱，实现数字普洱、传承风味普洱、创新功能普洱、打造养生普洱与人文普洱、构建智慧普洱，彰显普洱茶文化并把握目标消费者认知，充分传递普洱茶产品与品牌文化的产物。
图1-16 品牌普洱
智慧普洱：将传统概念的普洱茶经过科学、系统地研究和开发，使其功效进一步明确—工艺进一步改进—产业进一步升级，形成标准化、数字化、智能化、品牌化、可追溯化的普洱茶研究、开发、生产和营销体系。
图1-17 智慧普洱