JohnHou's Chinese Tea Life

Why this tea mountain is so famous and just next to LBZ (LaoBanZhang)? There is a proverb that good puerh tea tree grows in rocks. And there are many rocks on this tea mountain called NaKa. And our brand of "BOKURYO"' s first famous tea mountains' series will start from here this year.

These staffs are from the right restaurant. The little cute girl in the scene was just playing around tables and asked to stay with her mother who stood in back of her. So, the little girl doesn't belong to this band.

Today, let's know more about what on earth the 6 big puerh tea mountains are or 14 big tea mountains as I said in the title. Want to know more tea mountains of around more than 100? Okay, let's talk that one by one. Usually, photo or picture is easier to understand. Here it is the 1st one: (Pic source: 中国普洱茶网 ) Firstly, we should know a river called LanCang River(澜沧江).  Never heard about this river?  Let LanCang River have a self introduction.  LanCang River:  "👴Hello, every one. I am long of 4909 km from Tibet in China to  Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam and run into South China Sea. In China, they call me LanCang River, but in Southeast Asia, they call me Mekong River. "  Pic source:互动百科. " Have no idea about Mekong River?  Why don't google ' BBC Two - The Mekong River with Sue Perkins ' 😡 Remember, I am the 7th  longest in world, the 3rd longest in Asia, the 1st longest in Southeast Asia. 🌊 Bye bye😁" Let...

Maybe some people don't agree with me. "Are there should be 5 tea areas instead of  just 3?  Such as YiWu, MengHai, SiMao,LinCang and BaoShan?" "No,no, there should be 6 big tea areas. DaLi should be included" Okay. Let me just talk about the big 3 tea areas along the LanCang river baisn. It is located in the south of North Tropic. This unique region belongs to tropical and subtropical climate. It is so special and very suitable for growth of tea trees. The tea quality is among the best in whole Yunnan province. The big 3 tea areas. Source: 慢时光_Tina ①　BaNa tea area.     According to the recorded history, farmers started to plant tea trees from Eastern Han Dynasty （AD 25 year-220 year）. Tea as a agricultural industry began to rise up from Tang and Song Dynasty（AD 618 year-907 year, 960-1279 year）,  and reached the peak during Ming and Qing Dynasty (AD 1368 year-1644 year-1912 year).  Cha Ma Gu Dao which means tea and horse tra...

Shrub plantation of puerh tea Shape of shrub The front side of shrub's leaf. Compared to arbor leaf it is narrower on width and shorter on length and thinner on thickness. Selected shrub's leaf to make puerh tea. The back side of the leaf. The advantage is that the bud is fat and easier to be picked up. Also can be harvested more from same size of plantation, so the economy side is better. But not suitable to be made into traditional puerh tea. Because of the monotonous taste and poor tea water. The fragrant is thinner and the levels of the taste is not so obvious. Usually, arbor tree needs good environment especially non-polluted soil, clean water and atmosphere.  Then the arbor can grow to large tree and high quality large leaf. These trees have tall and sturdy trunk. Classical arbor tree.  Branches of arbor tree. "Hi. Shrub little brother. Let's have a comparison. "😁 Arbor tree said.  "Oh. My God. ...

After received this tea from supplier with very simple plastic bag, I didn't anticipate so much. So I left it in my storage box for a long while. Because it is green tea and can't be kept so long like puerh tea which is the longer the better, so I decided to have a drink this afternoon. * Some foreign tea lovers say that this is a classical package from Chinese domestic tea seller. 😅 I am also a Chinese domestic seller supplying every kind of Chinese tea to world wide. I use paper bag with aluminum film inside to keep the tea from humidity. 😎 So, when I resell this tea, I will repackage it like below. P.S Please ignore the words on the right bag. It is just for reference. Okay. Let's back to the topic of this time. The tea leaf looks still fresh. And the aroma is faint. I think the reason of the original plastic bag. It can't seal so well. I rinse the tea leaf one time in my glass gaiwan. There is still not so high aroma of this green tea. I was a...

2007 year. When 1st Gen. iPhone was released, the price was $499.  1 year later... 2008 year. ChenShengHao's 1st Gen. LaoBanZhang puerh tea sheng cha 357g was released in China. The price was only $49. (USD 1= RMB 8) 10 years later... 2017 year, iPhoneX was released 1 day ago. The price is $999.  At the same time. ChenShengHao's 1st Gen. LaoBanZhang puerh tea sheng cha 357g goes to the highest price till now, $2319  (USD 1= RMB 6.47 ) Okay. I love iPhone and tea. Don't misunderstand me.        Just...       wannna...        drink some tea to keep calm now.         https://www.kingteamall.com/354-2/       

JinJunMei, produced from FuJian province.  Today, what I am drinking is not so expensive. It is packaged by bag which can protect the tea from humidity. Open the bag, the special flavor comes out soon. Very attractive, I can't help brew it soon.     I used 7g. Because my gaiwan is a little big.  Yes, I am considering to buy some small gaiwan like 50ml or around that capacity. Then 4-5g will be enough. To 1-2 person, that will be very suitable. The amber color of the soup not comes from deeply brew tea. I just steep it around 3s. Ok, I will stop here to enjoy my tea. Below is brewing process published on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFMbmTVkAQo