Tea Travels to Xishuangbanna, 2018

Posted on May 26, 2020June 10, 2020 by sebastian

(As unfortunate as the current situation is, it has given us the opportunity to revive some old projects that had fallen by the wayside, like finishing our travel log from our 2018 visit to Yunnan, China!) This was my first experience visiting a tea-growing land. John and I flew into the city of Jinghong(景洪) early […]

How do you pronounce Pu’er?

Posted on April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 by Casey Cha

Exploring the basics and some of the mysteries around fermented teas. The esteemed John Wetzel, creator and founder of Stone Leaf Teahouse, pronounces Pu’er 普洱 as something that sounds to me like pour. Though with an open and elongated “ou” and a soft shortened “r“. John is the most expert in our shop so I […]

Yunnan Ancient Arbor Puer Cha

Posted on March 31, 2010October 2, 2015 by john

Our travels began in the Xishuangbanna 西雙版納 region of Yunnan Province. Up the hills of Nannoushan 南糯山 for the first harvests of Puer Cha we found trees that have been harvested for many generations. One week in Yunnan is merely enough for a quick glimpse into the world where tea began. But it is a […]