The aim of our tea trips is to give a deeper undersanding of the tea making process that is unique to Puer tea. And from this, a deeper appreciation that the method of cultivation and production significantly affect the final outcome. The tea.

In Xishuangbanna, in the south-west corner of Yunnan, each different tea making region, tea mountain, tea village, has it's own ethnic minorities, traditions, culture and tea making practices. These all produce teas that have unique qualities.

Here are photos of Nan Nuo Shan's Tea Festival, held every year in the spring.

 

Click here to see a map of Xishuangbanna Prefecture.

Nan Nuo Shan Tea Festival, Spring 2009.
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Looking across from Nan Nuo Shan, Ban Po Lao Zhai
Aini wecome to the 2009 Nan Nuo Shan Tea Festival
Old tea trees above Ban Po Lao Zhai
Participants in the tea contest
Freshly picked leaves
Inspecting tea
Aini Couple
Aini women in traditional dress
Bamboo boxes for sale
Tea woks for the tea competition
Frying tea
View from the mountain
Path to 'Wang Cha Shu' /King of Tea Trees
Roasting tea leaves for traditional style Aini tea
Aini Headresses
Crowd watching a dance
The road out of Jinghong on the Menghai road. Note the extent of banana trees in the foreground and rubber on the higher ground behind
Hills further along the Menghai road. The amount of clear-cutting to make way for rubber crops is significant.
Late afternoon
See Puer teas from this area
Raw Puerh tea from Nan Nuo Shan Nan Nuo Shan Jidi Raw Puerh tea
Raw Puerh tea, Nan Nuo Shan