Yunnan Travel | What is Dehong Sour Tea?

Tea, always closely related to the thousands of years of Chinese culture, green tea, black tea, etc. are common drinks in life, and when it comes to Yunnan, tea is always indispensable. The registered area of ancient tea trees in Dehong Prefecture alone is as high as over 250,000 mu, which shows the large scale of Yunnan's tea industry. But do you know that there is also a kind of sour tea here? 📍Location: Defeng Tea in Mangshi, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province 🌟National Intangible Cultural Heritage: Many people will feel that when they come to Yunnan, they should drink Pu'er tea. In fact, there is a kind of tea in Dehong that is more worth tasting. This is the De'ang sour tea, which is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. 🌟Long history: The De'ang people originated from the ancient Pu people. They worshiped the tea tree as a totem and regarded the tea tree as their guardian god and ancestor god. Sour tea is their very characteristic tea drink. 🌟Unique taste: This tea is made from Yunnan large-leaf fresh leaves, using specific processing techniques such as killing green, kneading, and anaerobic fermentation. It has unique quality characteristics such as sour and sweet aftertaste. 🌟Unique: Sour tea is completely different from the common black tea, green tea, white tea and even Pu'er tea produced in Yunnan on the market. It can be said that it is a unique experience that only the local area has. Tea lovers must not miss it.