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2014 Hu’s Mengku Valley Ancient Tree Raw 357g
Location: Snow Mountain Region (LinCang, MengKu)
Private reserved over 200－500 years old ancient tea trees. Wildly grown on the tea mountain at over 1500 meters above sea level, untouched by modern pollution.
The Tea leaves from this cake were collected by Mr.Li from Hu’s Valley in the Snow Mountain Region, near MengKu, ShuangJiang. Hu’s valley is located at the "arm" of the BangMa Snow Mountain, 2000 meters above sea level. It is next to the famous tea village "BingDao" and it is one of the highest latitude tea villages in MengKu region.
The dried tea leaves from the Hu’s Valley are dark green with shinny texture. Local people call Hu’s tea "The Big Dark Leaves". The tea soup has a very bright amber yellow color, with scents of orchid and wild honey grown in the area.
The Wa Ethnic Group and the LaGu Ethnic Group were the earliest residents of Hu’s Valley. The mother tea tree of these tea trees is from the top of the mountain. When their ancestors moved to this village a few hundred years ago, they discovered the wild tea trees. They took the seeds from the wild tea trees and planted more tea trees in the area. Since then the tea trees are wildly grown in their mountain gardens.
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