China Yunnan Black Tea
Yunnan Province is located in the extreme southwest corner of China, the point at which the Mekong River ( known in China as the Lancang Jiang or Turbulent River ) ends its journey through the historic tea-growing region of Yunnan Province. As you sip a fine Yunnan black tea, it is easy to image the great Mekong River as it winds its way south, starting on the Tibetan Plateau and coursing through the tea mountains that are home to the famous Pu-erh tea. Ultimately the river leaves Yunnan Province, entering Laos, in a sub-tropical climate so very different than the terroir of its source waters on the Tibetan Plateau to the north.
Yunnan Province is home to many diverse peoples, from Tibetans in the north, where you are very aware that you are in the Tibetan Himalaya, to the many ethnic minorities throughout the more populated southern regions of Yunnan Province in which the feeling is much more Southeast Asian than either Tibetan or Han Chinese.
The enormity of this tea-growing area encompasses a varied topography and climate, making Yunnan an important supplier of diverse black and green teas, and the true, historic origin of Pu-erh.
Yunnan is one of Tea Trekker’s favorite places in China, and so is its tea.
Yunnan’s tastiest and most distinctive black teas (dian hong) are derived from tea bushes that have been cultivated from indigenous tea trees and wild tea bushes. These bushes are related botanically both to the sub-variety Camellia sinensis assamica grown in India and Burma to the west (in fact, Assam is quite close by ‘as the crow flies’!), and the sub-variety Camillia sinensis sinensis found throughout the rest of China, and which forms the backbone of the tea industry for the mainland. This uniqueness in Yunnan fresh leaf gives its black teas richness, softness, and a creamy mouth-feel that distinguishes it from most other Chinese black teas.
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2020
Yunnan Fancy Grade
Black Tea
Yunnan Fancy Grade
2020 Late Spring (June) -
New Arrival
Yunnan Feng Qing Black Marbles
Black Tea
Yunnan Feng Qing Black Marbles
2020 Late Spring (middle of May-June in Yunnan) -
New Arrival
Yunnan Feng Qing Old Tea Tree Black Gold
Black Tea
Yunnan Feng Qing Old Tea Tree Black Gold
2019 Spring (May) -
2020
Yunnan Golden Sprouting Buds
Black Tea
Golden Sprouting Buds
2020 Spring Pluck (April to early-May) -
Yunnan Imperial Dian Hong
Black Tea
Yunnan Imperial Dian Hong
2019 Spring Pluck (May/June) -
2020
Yunnan Jingdong Wuliang Golden Threads
Black Tea
Jingdong Wuliang Golden Threads
2020 Spring Pluck (April to early-May) -
Aged & Rested
Yunnan JingMai Wild Arbor Tea
Black Tea
Yunnan JingMai Wild Arbor Tea
2018 Spring (May/June) -
2020
Yunnan Jumbo Golden Buds
Black Tea
Yunnan Jumbo Golden Buds
2020 Spring Pluck (May – June) -
Yunnan Menghai Old-Growth Black
Black Tea
Yunnan Menghai Old-Growth Black
2019 Late Spring (June) -
new arrival
Yunnan Ning’er County Golden Simao
Black Tea
Yunnan Ning’er County Golden Simao
2019 Spring Pluck (mid-March to early-April) -
2020
Yunnan Purple Bamboo Black
Black Tea
Yunnan Purple Bamboo Black
2020 Spring Pluck (April to early-May) -
Yunnan Sweet Tips of Simao
Black Tea
Yunnan Sweet Tips of Simao
2019 Spring Pluck (March) -
2020
Yunnan Tippy Golden
Black Tea / Organic
Yunnan Tippy Golden
2020 Spring (May) -
Aged & Rested
Yunnan Wa Tribal Wild Arbor Tea
Black Tea / Organic
Yunnan Wa Tribal Wild Arbor Tea
2018 Spring Pluck (May, June) -
2020
Yunnan Yi Mei Ren
Black Tea
Yunnan Yi Mei Ren
2020 Pre-Qing Ming (end of March – April 5th) -
New Arrival
Yunnan Yi Wu Mountain Wild Arbor
Black Tea
Yunnan Yi Wu Mountain Wild Arbor
2019 Spring Pluck (April to early-May) -
Yunnan AiLao Shan
Black Tea
Yunnan AiLao Shan
2018 Spring Pluck (March, April) -
Aged & Rested
Yunnan Da Xue Shan
Black Tea
Yunnan Da Xue Shan
2018 Spring Pluck (May, June)