• JingMai Mountain 357g 2020 UNESCO World Heritage Site-Jing Mai Mountain Hundreds Year Old Wild Tea Tree

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    Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er is China's 57th UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world's first tea culture World Heritage Site.

     

    This JingMai Ancient Tea Tree Mini cakes contains rich and floral taste. The tea is very strong which 1/4 of the mini cake is strong enough to make a 8 oz cup of tea. We suggest you to steep the tea for at least 5 infusions. It is very long lasting after a sip, the bitter sweetness after-taste can last for almost 5 mins , strong cooling effects and rich tea soup.

     

    At this moment , Jing Main mountain tea forest is nominating for World Heritage.

     

    "Jingmai’s tea plantations are under consideration for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage list, and there is a fledgling tea tourism industry. For the moment, however, Western travelers remain a rare sight in the ethnic villages and cloud-shrouded valleys of Jingmai."- National Geographic

     

    Jing Mai Old Tea Tree

     

    In recent years,Semi-wild ancient tea trees

     

    older than 1000 years have been discovered in Jing Mai Mountain area,

     

    making it one of the earliest tea cultivation regions in the world.

     

     

    The Tea Tree Forest:

     

    JingMai Mountain's tea trees grow extensively in secondary

     

    growth tropical monsoon evergreen broad-leafed forests.

     

    Such forests have the arbor layer at the top, the shrub layer in

     

    the middle and the vegetation layer at the bottom. Tall arbors

     

    such as Toona Ciliata and Ficus Microcarpa grow in the

     

    upper layer; the middle layer is dominated by ancient tea

     

    trees and decorated with plants such as Lauraceae,

     

    Ericaceae. The lower layer is covered by Gramineae and

     

    Herbs. Compared with common terraced tea plantations, this

     

    special multi-layered ecosystem plantation gives ancient

     

    Pu’er tea trees well-preserved soil fertility, and effectively

     

    reduced disease and pest.

     

    In addition, JingMai Mountain local people not only believe

     

    in Buddhism, but also believe in the "tea ancestor". They

     

    host a grand ceremony to worship their ancestors who

     

    discovered tea. They call the most exuberant tea

     

    tree the "Tree of Tea Spirit". For over one thousand years,

     

    local people have built a friendly relationship with ancient

     

    tea trees and the nature with respects.

     

     

     

    Jingmai Mountain is also part of the Ancient Tea Horse

     

    Route. Through the Ancient Tea Horse Rout, tea culture was

     

    spreading all over the world.

     

     

     

    Region: HuiMin, LangCang

     

    Latitude: 1662 meters above sea level

     

    Ages of tea trees: 60-1000 years

     

    Characteristics of JingMai Mountain teas: Deep wild orchid

     

    aroma, long lasting "HuiGan" (aftertaste sweetness

  • JingMai Mountain 357g 2020 UNESCO World Heritage Site-Jing Mai Mountain Hundreds Year Old Wild Tea Tree
  • JingMai Mountain 357g 2020 UNESCO World Heritage Site-Jing Mai Mountain Hundreds Year Old Wild Tea Tree

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