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🇨🇳 China · 28 teas

Yunnan

The ancestral home of all tea - Yunnan's ancient forests and high-altitude gardens produce pu-erh, Dian Hong black tea, and rare Yunnan oolongs and whites.

Yunnan province in southwest China is widely considered the original homeland of the Camellia sinensis var. assamica tea plant. Wild tea trees over 1,000 years old still grow in remote mountains here - particularly in Xishuangbanna and Lincang prefectures, where ethnic minorities (Dai, Bulang, Hani, Wa) have cultivated tea for over a millennium. Yunnan is most famous for pu-erh tea, the post-fermented tea pressed into cakes and bricks for storage and aging. Two distinct styles exist: sheng (raw) pu-erh, which ages naturally over years to decades, and shou (ripe) pu-erh, which undergoes accelerated microbial fermentation called wo dui. Beyond pu-erh, Yunnan produces some of China's finest golden-tipped black teas (Dian Hong), often featuring honey, malt, and cocoa notes. The province's high altitude, mineral-rich red soil, and large-leaf tea varietals give Yunnan teas their characteristic boldness and depth.

Tea types: Black Tea (4), White Tea (4), Pu-erh Tea (20).

All teas from Yunnan