Eastern Tea Club, Chapter 3: Six Ancient Tea Mountains 古六大茶山
The third chapter of our Tea Club opens on a wide landscape, stretching for 2.000 square kilometers on the Eastern side of Lancang river. After digging into the mellow taste and smooth complexity of Yiwu in the second chapter of our tea club, with the third chapter we want to broaden the experience of this historical terroir, expanding our tasting journey to cover all of the Six Ancient Mountains that wrote the history of Pu'er tea.
Here, on the Eastern mountains of Xishuangbanna, lie the roots of the early production of Pu'er tea, traded throughout China and abroad since Tang Dynasty. In a Qing Dynasty record, we read: "Pu'er tea is famous all over the world. It comes from the six tea mountains under Pu'er prefecture: Youle, Gedeng, Yibang, Manzhi, Manzhuan, and Mansa [ later renamed Yiwu ], with a circumference of 800 miles. Hundreds of thousands of people go to the mountains to make tea."
The 8 sheng pu'er teas that we taste in this chapter are the heirs of the long history of these mountains, where generations of local ethnic minorities have preserved, cared, worked, brewed and traded the precious leaves blooming on tea trees for centuries.
- Mahei village 易武麻黑 2023 Autumn
- Baihuatan village 易武百花潭 2023
- Guafengzhai village 易武刮风寨 2024
- Manzhuan, Manqian Village 蛮砖蛮迁老寨 2024
- You Le, Yanuo Village 攸乐亚诺村 2022
- Gedeng, Zhibang Village 革登植蚌 2023
- Mangzhi, Yanglin Village 莽枝秧林大寨 2024
- Yibang, Mangong village 倚邦曼拱 2022
As you receive your tea samples, you will find a welcome letter with links to extensive content on the ancient and modern history of the area, geography and culture. You will then have access to a reserved community chat area where we continue to upload new contents, and you can share your own tasting notes, observations, and travel stories.
You will also have access to the informative material and the recording of the online webinar, which will take place live on Zoom on Saturday July 6th, 9 am CEST, during which we will share deeper facts about each area, and share direct experiences of our trips on site. We invite you to start tasting the samples as soon as you receive them, but we suggest to keep few grams to taste again and comment together.
Each chapter of our tea club will be available on our shop until the end of the first season, or until stocks last.
How to join
Purchase and Shipments
A new chapter of the tea club, presenting new pu'er tea areas, will be published on a quarterly basis, disclosing a new destination of our virtual tea travel. You can choose to join by purchasing:
- a single edition, receiving the teas of the single chapter at home after your purchase;
- a full annual subscription (4 chapters. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 will be shipped together immediately after your purchase, and chapter 4 will be automatically shipped at the beginning of the relative quarterly edition, after three months).
The tea samples will be shipped to your address with free worldwide shipping, and at the same time you will receive a shipping confirmation with tracking code.
Annual subscribers can enjoy a 10% discount for purchases on all our products sitewide and a preview on new teaware before they go online. You will find the discount code and QR code to start your purchases in the welcome letter inside your club package.
NOTE: the discounted order will be shipped together with the following chapter of the club.
All Daye students (from all past and present editions!) and 2023/24 Tea Tour Travellers can enjoy a 10% discount on the price of both the single and the annual club, by using the code TEACLUB10 at checkout.
Online webinar
On Saturday July 6th we'll host an online webinar through Zoom of the duration of one hour to taste some of the samples together and tell you more about each village, sharing experiences and tasting notes. Every member will receive the code for the meeting, together with details on the specific date and time, via email.
After the meeting all participants will receive recording and other materials via email, or through our community chat. If you choose to join the annual subscription you will also receive the video recording of the previous chapters meeting and shared material.
Community
All the members of our Tea Club have exclusive access to a private community where we constantly upload new content from our travels, we taste teas together, and above all you can share your own tasting notes and organise a virtual or in-person tea session with fellow members! If you are a member follow this link to connect, we will be happy to start a conversation with you!
Shipping
The tea samples will be shipped to your address with free worldwide shipping, and at the same time you will receive a shipping confirmation with tracking code.