Welcome to Zhi Zheng's Tea Trips
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We are pleased to offer this unique service, introducing local tea and local culture and for thsoe interested to gain a deeeper appreciation of Puer tea. Our aim is to introduce people to Xishuangbanna's Puer tea culture, tea making methods and practices whilst keeping our impact positive, respectful and minimal.
We offer two distinct types of trips;
Puer Tea Tours
Up to 3 day trips into the tea mountains around Xishuangbanna in the far south west corner of China to visit tea growing areas. On the way you will learn about the history, culture and production of Yunnan Puer tea. You will be accompanied by an exerienced English speaking guide who is knowledgeable about the area and Puer tea.
Puer Tea Workshops
For those who wish to gain a much deeper knowledge of raw Puer tea (sheng cha) production. You will stay in a village with tea farmers and learn how handmade tea is picked, fried, rolled and dried.You will also visit a small tea factory where traditional stone-pressed tea cakes are made. Here you will be able to press your own cakes from the tea you have made.
Please contact us for more information or to give details of your trip.
Tea Trips; One to three day trips into Xishuangbanna's Famous Tea Mountains to visit tea growing areas.
Tea Workshops; 2 - 3 day homestays with tea farmers. In depth experience of tea making.
We will take you to Hakka, Bulang or Jinuo villages where people have for centuries been cultivating tea. Of course you will sample tea, since our aim is to offer a travel-education service. And you may buy tea if you wish, from wherever you wish.
A typical one day itinerary could be 10-12 hours long and would include a visit to one or at most two tea growing areas, since they take time to get to. Groups will be small - at most four or five people.
On the way you will see some of the most pristine high altitude rain forest in China and small villages where local ethnic minority groups live and work. We can take in local markets and festivals that may be being celebrated at the time of your visit.
Typically, we will have lunch in a village on the way where we will eat local food. It will doubtless be some of the best food you will taste on your trip!. Village people are very hospitable and welcoming toward anyone interested in their livelihood and tea culture.
In each area we will see tea production in what are normally small, family run 'tea factories'. You will be able to taste tea from different 'gardens' made by different people and be able to compare them and understand what makes Yunnan's ancient and old arboreal tea tree teas so special; why each area and each 'garden' produces a unique tea.
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