Complex sentence: This process was first developed in 1972 by Menghai Tea Factory and Kunming Tea Factory to imitate the flavor and color of aged raw "pu'er", and was an adaptation of wet storage techniques being used by merchants to falsify the age of their teas.
Split into simpler sentences: This process was first developed in 1972 by Menghai Tea Factory and Kunming Tea Factory to imitate the flavor and color of aged raw "pu'er". This technique was an adaptation of "wet storage" techniques that were being used by merchants to falsify the age of their teas.