About This Tea

The Kokang Self-Administered Zone of the Northern Shan State is an ancient tea cultivation area on the border of Yunnan and Burma. The local varieties of tea trees are some of the oldest in the world and have naturally interbred with seeds introduced from Yunnan more than 800 years ago. The teas from this region are very unique and grown at high elevations between 1800-2200 meters in forest plantations found in the surrounding Wa and Han ethnic villages. This region is famous for outstanding Pu’er teas with elegant fragrance, complexity and tannin density. The Kokang Jade Leaf is the highest grade of Sheng Pu’er tea cakes made by this producer group. Jade leaf is selected from the highest elevation tea areas in the region and produced by a select group of artisans in the group that have the highest skills to produce mao cha by hand-roasting and hand-rolling in small batches.