A while back I presented a queue of teas that I would be showing (which I almost immediately jumped with other teas). In that queue was this black tea from 贵州雷山 (Leishan, Guizhou) which is the heart of 苗族 (Miao Nationality) territory: https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/761086324891990169. Then I got a few more interesting teas and inserted them into the queue ahead of the next tea from the same place.

So today it's the other tea from Leishan that I'm going to be doing: 雷山云雾茶 (Léishān Yúnwù Chá or Leishan Cloud and Mist Tea). Like everything else called a Cloud and Mist tea this is a high mountain tea and …

… unfortunately it's a mediocre one for the grade. I feel bad for being so harsh in this review of it, but it's a bit bland, despite the production of it being top-notch and the black tea made from the same leaves being so intriguing and nice. The black tea is in my rotation; this tea is not. So at least I'll be able to buy tea from economically disadvantaged Miao regions of China. It just won't be this one.

Now don't get me wrong: this is a fine tea, likely better than most of the teas people drink in the west. It's picked and produced perfectly. It's just that the actual leaves can't compare to the literally hundreds of other kinds of high quality greens that surround me. The black is world class tea, but this … really isn't.

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Today's tea comes from the backlog I showed earlier. The next tea I upload today will not be coming from that backlog because it came by surprise. (This is foreshadowing.)

This tea is a 红梅茶 (hóng méi chá or red plum tea) from 贵州雷山 (Leishan, Guizhou) which is the heart of 苗族 (Miao Nationality) territory. It is one of the economically deprived areas of China that the current government is now working on developing, and the Ali group has targeted with its philanthropy and charity program. In this program, local products are given a promotional boost: the two 50g packets of fine tea I got cost me 0.14¢ US (yes ¢, not $). The intent is that the promotion motivates people to try things outside of their sphere of familiarity in the hopes that they will enjoy the result enough to buy more.

It worked.

This is a delightful little tea, though it is very finicky and not at all what I would term a "beginner's tea". In the hands of someone experienced, however, it produces a very nice brew and I will be buying Leishan tea again. (It doesn't hurt that I really like the Miao as a culture, mind.)

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