As the saying goes, "good mountains produce good tea", Yunnan has a unique geographical and climatic endowment that is most suitable for the growth of tea plants in the world, Yunnan tea mountains not only produce good tea, but also produce the most good tea in the country.

The mountains of the southern Himalayan foothills of southwestern Yunnan, northern Myanmar and northeastern India are often considered the heartland of the world's tea plants, which are native to large-leaved species close to their ancestral forms.

In Lincang, Puer, Xishuangbanna, Baoshan, Dehong and other prefectures and cities, there are many ancient tea plants that are hundreds or even thousands of years old.

The wild tea king tree in Yuanqianjiazhai in Pu'er Town is about 2700 years old, the transitional tea king tree in Pu'er Bangwei is about 1000 years old, and the large tea tree with Fengqingxiang bamboo baskets scattered like pearls in the south Yunling land of Caiyun. The existence of wild-type, transitional (or intermediate) and cultivated ancient tea plants has completely recorded the evolutionary history of tea plants, and has also made Yunnan the undisputed source of tea in the world.

Yunnan's ancient tea gardens account for more than 70% of the world's area, and it is truly the place with the largest number of ancient tea gardens in the world.

Pu'er Jingmai Mountain's 10,000-mu ancient tea garden, Menghaihekai's nearly 10,000-mu ancient tea garden, and Lincang Mengku Daxue Mountain, the world's highest tree with an age of more than 2,000 years, have all become pilgrimage destinations for countless tea lovers.

Yiwu Tea Mountain, Brown Tea Mountain, Mengsong Tea Mountain, Nannuo Tea Mountain, Jingmai Tea Mountain, Mengku Tea Mountain, Bangdong Tea Mountain and many other ancient tea mountains are the destination of Pu'er tea lovers, Iceland and Lao Banzhang are the places where Pu'er tea lovers are haunted.

But why does Yunnan produce good tea?

Yunnan is located in southwest China, and the Pu'er tea area is also in the southwest of Yunnan, that is, with Kunming as the midpoint, due northwest latitude of about 25°, due south east about 105° east longitude about 105° east fan-shaped area.

The administrative territory of this area includes Kunming, Yuxi, Honghe, Wenshan, Chuxiong, Dali, Baoshan, Dehong, Lincang, Pu'er, and Xishuangbanna.

The topography of Pu'er tea area gradually decreases from northeast to southwest, with mountains and rivers, many subtropical monsoon climate zones, sufficient sunshine and abundant rainfall, which is extremely suitable for the growth of tea plants. The latitude of this area is near the Tropic of Cancer, and the soil types are mainly red soil and brick red soil. Both of these soils are redder in color, thicker in soil layer, and contain various minerals and trace elements that are extremely suitable for the growth of tea plants, which also directly determine the excellent texture of Pu'er tea leaves.

The mystery of Yunnan's best quality tea is the organic combination of suitable altitude and lower latitude, specifically refers to the tea leaves from the tea mountains in the area of higher altitude conditions (between 1200 meters ~ 1800 meters) and low latitudes (about 22 °). After these two conditions must be met at the same time, the result of a large daily temperature difference will be obtained. The daily temperature difference is large, the higher the altitude, the colder the night, and the hot day, the better the quality of the tea.

This is the mystery of good tea in Yunnan.

In Yunnan, no matter which tea mountain you taste in which tea, Yunnan's tea is a good thing created by the right people at the right time and place.