https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Men_Laden_With_Tea,_Sichuan_Sheng,_China_1908_Ernest_H._Wilson_RESTORED.jpg. The detailed description below this photo on Wikimedia gives you some idea of the struggles of the people who brought tea west and east from remote regions of Yunnan.
Here's a map of the Tea Horse Road, also from Wikipedia. Note the town of Pu'Er, the starting point for much of these teas.
The Tea-Horse-Route, c. 700 AD – 1960. Map from Wikipedia.
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