[TEA] what is Wu-Yi... what is Yi-Wu ? :)

SN

Hey, nice blog. I would like to RSS your blog, do you know how I can do it?

As for your question, wuyi tea is produced in the Wuyi Mountain in Fujian province. And Yiwu tea is produced in Yiwu town in Zhejiang province.

Wuyi rock tea is very good, I am not so sure about Yiwu.

The article is literally hot off the press and I still haven't put in the photo, but I hope it should give me a good feel of what it is about.

Julian

They're teas from areas in 2 different Chinese provinces (Fujian and Yunnan, respectively.) No connection, and the syllables in the two names that transliterate similarly are different, too.

/Lew

thanks, i think the rss might be this?

well I only tasted a WuYi, then i keep seeing MarshalN trying a bunch of YiWu(s), that seem to be pu'ers so i thought ...what did i drink!

Hmmm, I'm the culprit, it seems :)

Wuyi is a mountainous area in Northern Fujian province. It is also a UNESCO world heritage site, and quite scenic. Oolong produced in that area are often generally called Wuyi Rock Tea (Wuyi Yancha ). They also produce Lapsang Souchong (ch. zhengshan xiaozhong ) in the region.

Yiwu is a mountain in Yunnan province and is one of the most famous of the pu'er producing mountains.

The distance between the two... two hours plane ride, I think.

I probably should've cleared this up earlier.

All of these are using pinyin romanization.

MarshalN

Just had a very nice Yi-Wu pu-erh from Yunann Sourcing this afternoon and a very nice WiYu Oolong from Jing this morning....what a blessed life! Shen

Wu Yi is a mountain that produces some famous teas like DaHongPao, ShuiXian and the like. Yi Wu is one if the 6 big tea mountains in Yunnan that produces Pu'er.