Zhenghe, Fujian
Shan Ye Tao Li
Jin Mudan (金牡丹) — a named black tea cultivar.
One of three plots we follow with the same maker. On this plot the leaf is worked by hand through three rounds of roasting and airing, a traditional technique recognized as intangible cultural heritage rather than invented for effect. Fermentation still happens in hand-woven bamboo baskets, the way it always has here.
One
plot
. One harvest. One maker. One batch.
Harvests
One place, observed over time.