Mengku Pu'er Tea

Mengku Pu'er Tea

　　  Mengku Pu'er Tea is a specialty of Mengku Town, Shuangjiang County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province. The Pu'er tea produced in Mengku Town is known for its rich flavor, reddish-brown infusion, pronounced aroma, and yellowish-brown leaves. It is widely popular in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, as well as cities such as Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

　　  Tea is a traditional pillar industry in Mengku Town and serves as a major source of rural economy and farmer income. Mengku Town is the birthplace of Mengku large-leaf tea, often referred to as the "hometown of tea." For thousands of years, the people of Mengku have created a unique and splendid tea culture based on tea planting, processing, and drinking. The ancient tea tree clusters in the Mengku Greater Snow Mountains, which consist of thousands of years old and tens of thousands of acres of tea trees, represent the highest altitude, densest distribution, and widest coverage of ancient tea trees discovered both domestically and internationally. They are a precious natural heritage and a living gene bank of biodiversity. Mengku large-leaf tea was rated as one of the fine varieties along with Qimen tea, Tieguanyin, and thirty other traditional tea cultivars during two national tea plant and variety evaluation committees. Mengku large-leaf tea is world-renowned for its prominent tea tips, robust tea leaves, high internal content, and rich, sweet flavor. In 2002, the “Imperial Pu'er Tea” and “Special Grade Pu'er Tea” produced by Shuangjiang Mengku Tea Co., Ltd. won the Gold Award in the Famous and High-Quality Product Evaluation of the China Pu'er Tea International Academic Symposium. In 2003, they received the Gold Award in the “Yun Tea Cup” Evaluation by the Yunnan Tea Association. In 2004, the compressed tea (green cake) under the “Mengku” brand won the Gold Award in the Quality Evaluation of Famous and High-Quality Pu'er Tea at the “Kangle Cup,” organized by the organizing committee of the First Yunnan International Pu'er Tea Symposium. Winning five gold awards over three consecutive years highlights the excellent quality of Mengku large-leaf tea. Currently, Mengku has 33,000 mu of tea plantation area, including 6,723 mu of high-quality ecological tea gardens, with a total annual output of 1,300 tons.