The raw material of Pu 'er tea must be sun-dried tea of Yunnan big leaf species, and the tea environment is better in mountainous areas above the altitude of1500m.

(A) the origin of ancient Pu 'er tea

Mainly distributed in Xishuangbanna and Pu 'er city today.

(B) the origin of modern Pu 'er tea

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the origin of Pu 'er tea has been expanding with its prosperity. In addition to Xishuangbanna and Pu 'er, Lincang, Dali and Kunming have also become the origin of Pu 'er tea.

(C) the origin of modern Pu 'er tea

After 1973, the production area expanded to Kunming, Dali, Lincang, Honghe, Dehong, and even outside the province and abroad. As far as Xishuangbanna is concerned, the area centered on Yiwu in the north of Lancang River is called "Hanoi" and the area centered on Fohai in the south is called "outside the river". There are six tea mountains in the north and south of the river. Although the traditional six tea mountains in Hanoi are Yi Wu, Yibang, Gordon, Mangzhi, Manzhuan, Mansa and Aule, there are Brown, Bada, Nannuo and Jingle outside the river.

As the origin center of tea trees in the world, Yunnan has superior natural conditions and a long history of tea making. Over the past century, Pu 'er tea has enjoyed a good reputation at home and abroad. Pu 'er tea in history refers to all kinds of Yunnan tea processed by "traditional technology", which is called "raw Pu 'er". Of course, the concept of "raw Pu 'er" is also inaccurate. The use of "raw Pu 'er tea" is only to distinguish and echo the modern Pu 'er tea (that is, cooked tea) made by the "heap-fermentation" process. Using "raw Pu 'er" is easy to misunderstand, thinking that "raw tea" can't be drunk, but cooked tea can be drunk. In fact, "raw Pu 'er tea" is not inedible, especially the traditional Pu 'er tea. In the past, the accurate traditional name was "Yunnan green tea" or "Yunnan green tea", and the oldest name was "Pu 'er tea", which is the traditional Pu 'er tea. Many such teas have been produced in Yunnan history, not only for Yunnan people, but also for people in Tibetan areas and at home and abroad. At present, the only remaining old tea is rare and valuable. Pu 'er tea area Yunnan Pu 'er tea area has its historical origin, and the tea area is relatively large. Here we introduce and discuss four larger Pu 'er tea areas: Xishuangbanna, Simao, Lincang and Baoshan. Of course, there is no intention to criticize anyone here, and omissions are inevitable. In ancient times, the "Six Tea Mountains" were famous for Pu 'er tea. However, due to historical changes, it is really not easy to accurately locate a mountain now. Besides, we should know more about Pu 'er tea area. They are heroes behind the scenes, and their products are famous all over the world, but they seem to be unknown. In fact, several major Pu 'er tea areas in Yunnan, such as Xishuangbanna, Simao, Lincang and Baoshan, have made great contributions to Yunnan Pu 'er tea. Xishuangbanna tea area has created the early Xishuangbanna private teahouse and the modern Menghai tea factory; Pu 'er tea in Simao, an ancient processing and distribution center, has a long history with Pu 'er tea. Many old tea drinkers recalled that in the early days (1920- 1940s), private tea houses spent a lot of money on the tea rolling technicians in Simao, which shows that the processing technology of Simao was excellent at that time. Coupled with the history of making tribute tea, some people say that "Pu 'er does not produce tea", which seems to be somewhat one-sided. For a long time, in Simao area with Pu 'er as the core and Pu 'er as the center, both tea industry and tea industry should be on a large scale. According to historical documents, the tea shipped to Pu 'er for processing and trading is "nearly two days, far away for several months"; Some people say that the distance between Chashan and Chashan is "eight hundred Ali weeks". It can be seen that the area of Pu 'er tea is also huge. Lincang and Baoshan tea areas, known as Yongchang House in ancient times, are the origins and important activity areas of the Meng She nationality, the originator of Yunnan tea. It can be said that the tea areas in western Yunnan (now Lincang, Baoshan and Dehong tea areas) used to be ancient tea areas, but in modern times they belonged to Xiaguan tea factory (early Kangzang tea factory).