MOTHER OF ALL TEA (Camellia Sinensis var. Assamica)
Yunnan is the Ancestral Land of all the tea in the world. The Assamica or Da Ye (“broad leaf”) varietal of tea grows wild with some tea trees up to 80 feet tall. There are also other more primeval varietals (Ye Sheng); all share a lineage that traces back to a broad leaf Magnolia species that grew 35 million years ago.
Yunnan is the Ancestral Land of all the tea in the world. The Assamica or Da Ye (“broad leaf”) varietal of tea grows wild with some tea trees up to 80 feet tall. There are also other more primeval varietals (Ye Sheng); all share a lineage that traces back to a broad leaf Magnolia species that grew 35 million years ago.