Under Bingdao Village are five natural villages, Old Village, Dijie, Nanpo, Bawai, and Nuowu, straddling both banks of the Nanmeng River. Learn where the five are, their altitudes and ethnic groups, why the Old Village is special, and how big an area the word "Bingdao" can refer to.
Lincang is Yunnan's largest tea-producing prefecture-level city, and all eight of its counties and districts grow tea. Get to know the famous mountains of Shuangjiang, Linxiang, Fengqing, Yunxian, Yongde, and the rest, understand how Lincang tea differs from Xishuangbanna tea, and find out where Bingdao, Xigui, and Baiyingshan are.
Youle is today's Jinuo Mountain, in Jinuo Mountain Jino Ethnic Township, Jinghong City, the only one of the Six Ancient Tea Mountains not in Mengla County. Learn the history of the Youle sub-prefect, the Jino people's relationship with tea, their tea salad, and the style of Youle tea, bitter at first with a quick huigan.
Manzhuan, in southern Xiangming Township, borders Yiwu to the east and Yibang to the north, and its ancient trees are the best preserved. Manlin, Manzhuang, and Bazongzhai are all old tea villages. Manzhuan tea is sweet and smooth with light bitterness, close to Yiwu in style yet relatively affordable, mainly because of differences in fame and market buzz.
Mangzhi lies around Anle Village in Xiangming Township. In the Qing dynasty, Niuguntang was a bustling tea trading hub, and a local saying goes, "First came Niuguntang, then Pu'er Prefecture." Get to know Mangzhi's rise and fall, the tea of Yanglin and Hongtupo, and the intense huigan of Mangzhi tea.
Wedged between Yibang and Mangzhi and covering about 150 square kilometers, Gedeng is the smallest of the Six Ancient Tea Mountains. The tea king tree recorded in Qing dynasty documents was here. Gedeng's location, the story of its tea king tree, Xinfazhai and Zhibeng, and the wild-mountain character of Gedeng tea.
Yibang, in Xiangming Township, Mengla County, is the highest of the Six Ancient Tea Mountains, with large-, medium-, and small-leaf tea trees growing together. The Qing dynasty's Mansong tribute tea came from here, with a fragrant, sweet, delicate liquor and light bitterness. Yibang's location, the origins of its small-leaf variety, Jiabu and Xikong, and the style of Yibang tea.
Luoshuidong, Gaoshanzhai, and Manxiu are Mahei's close neighbors, and their tea used to be sold together as Mahei tea. How Luoshuidong got its name, why Gaoshanzhai kept so many unpruned ancient trees, which ethnic group lives in Manxiu, and what each village's tea tastes like.
Mansa was one of the mountains on the earliest Qing list of the Six Tea Mountains; it later declined and Yiwu took its place. The old Mansa tea mountain is today around Manla in northern Yiwu, home to Zhangjiawan, Dingjiazhai, Yishanmo, and Wangong. Where they are, who picks them, and what their tea is like.
Guafengzhai is a Yao village in Yiwu's northeast near the Laos border, with ancient gardens scattered through state-owned forest, most never pruned down. How Chaping, Chawangshu, and Baishahe differ, why the famous Bohetang is so expensive, and what style Guafengzhai tea has.
Yiwu, in northern Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, borders Laos and has been a major tea trading hub since the Qing dynasty. What "Yiwu Zhengshan" on a tea cake refers to, which old tea house sites survive on Yiwu Old Street, what Yiwu tea's fragrance and softness are like, and whether it's good for aging, all here.
Menghai County, in western Xishuangbanna, is ringed by famous mountains, has about 900,000 mu of tea gardens, and is home to the densest concentration of tea factories. Why Menghai has so many factories, what defines Menghai blending, how its distinct wet and dry seasons relate to ripe tea fermentation, and the tea mountains of each township.
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