Friday, May 6, 2016

Tea Transport

Today's must-read...

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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