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Yiwu (2)

Day 3 – Yiwu (2) Rising early, as may be expected in village life, we took cold showers in the shed at the bottom of the garden and climbed up...

Yiwu

Day 2 – Yiwu Happy to be beginning our actual tea journey, we boarded the crowded midday bus to Yiwu village. It seems there are two buses that make the...

Jinghong

As I return from a tea filled week, a bit exhausted and overwhelmed, it’s kind of nice to be back in Kunming again. During the past week I’ve experienced so...

‘Banna bound

Armed with newly purchased camera, my Mandarin tutor (who I’ve managed to get hooked on pu), some mosquito spray, sunscreen and some cash, I’m off to Xishuangbanna for a week...

12 Gentlemen & 100 Year old pu

I’ve been spending a lot of time recently hanging out at the tea shop owned by the 12 Gentlemen, a group of puerh aficionados here in Kunming. The name itself...

Visit to a tea factory

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting a tea factory. A friend was pressing a few bings of taidicha (plantation tea). Content to wait for a week or two until...