Shen Nong 神农 One of the all time greats in legendary Chinese history. Discovered tea’s pleasures and passed it on to Chinese civilization

Ba Shu 巴蜀 The Ancient state located in Sichuan and based near Chengdu

Jiajing Emperor 嘉靖帝 Ming dynasty emperor during whose watch, the foreigners began showing up

Wuyi Shan 武夷山 Wu Yi Mountains in northern Fujian

Bai Hao 白毫 “White hair”, a name given some teas due to the young delivate nature of the buds

Hongwu 洪武 The Ming founder Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Taizu, The Hongwu Emperor

Song Luo Shan 松罗山 Mountain located just south of Huang Shan, famous for its great teas and tea history

Huangshan 黄山 Yellow Mountain in southern Anhui, one of the most sacred mountains in China

Jingdezhen 景德镇 The porcelain capital of China and at one time, the whole world

Xiuning County 休宁县 Song Luo Mountain was located here, in Anhui province

Bohea 武夷茶 One of the early and historic teas of the age of the China Clippers

Congou 工夫红茶 One of the early and historic teas of the age of the China Clippers

Pekoe 白毫 One of the early and historic teas of the age of the China Clippers. (See Bai Hao above). The Dutch would brand his tea “Orange Pekoe”



Hyson 熙春茶 One of the early and historic teas of the age of the China Clippers, also known as Lucky Dragon Tea

Chanong 茶农 Tea farmer

Qimen cha 祈门茶 Keemun Tea from Anhui, a world class China black tea



Zhangjiakou 张家口 The ancient town of Kalgan in Hebei

Huizong 宋徽宗 The last emperor of the Northern Song. He knew a lot about tea



Kangxi 康熙帝 Long reigning Qing dynasty emperor who acted as a model patron of tea culture

Qianlong 乾隆帝 Even longer reigning Qing dynasty emperor who acted even more as a model patron of tea culture

Chonghua Palace 重华宫 Built by Yongzheng for Qianlong. Qianlong threw a lot of parties here.

Longjing cha 龙井茶 Dragon Well Tea from Longjing Village outside Hangzhou

Hugong Temple 胡公庙 Temple located in Longjing Village



Mt. Shifeng 狮峰山 Mountain located near Longjing Village

Gaiwan 盖碗 A covered tea bowl

Li Chunsheng 李春生 One of the two father’s of Taiwan’s tea export industry