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The government-run terraced tea fields of Dadugang, in Southwest China’s Yunnan province, are on one of the largest tea estates in the world, spreading over nearly 17 square miles. China leads the world in tea production, and Dadugang is considered the birthplace of Pu’er tea, whose wild relatives still proliferate in the surrounding rainforest. Pu’er tea is made from the Dayeh variety of large-leaf tea plants, some of which are said to be hundreds of years old. The leaves are dried, pressed, and slowly fermented to increase caffeine. They improve in flavor with age, like fine wines. Traditional Chinese medicine credits the tea with numerous health benefits, from aiding digestion to preventing heart disease.

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The government-run terraced tea fields of Dadugang, in Southwest China’s Yunnan province, are on one of the largest tea estates in the world, spreading over nearly 17 square miles. China leads the world in tea production, and Dadugang is considered the birthplace of Pu’er tea, whose wild relatives still proliferate in the surrounding rainforest. Pu’er tea is made from the Dayeh variety of large-leaf tea plants, some of which are said to be hundreds of years old. The leaves are dried, pressed, and slowly fermented to increase caffeine. They improve in flavor with age, like fine wines. Traditional Chinese medicine credits the tea with numerous health benefits, from aiding digestion to preventing heart disease.

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