(April-June) Pick wild tea from Cangshan Mountain and make your own white tea

"It is common to pick tea in tea gardens, but it is rare to pick wild tea. It is to go to Cangshan Mountain to pick wild tea that no one takes care of, often in the slightly higher forests. But because there is no one to take care of it, it will grow completely naturally. Moreover, it will be a wonderful trip to the forest and a picnic tea break. Finally, we will make white tea. April to June, when tea is picked, is often also the season of azaleas."

"I'm Xiao Jing, and our favorite place is the forest. The mountains have different treasures throughout the year: mushrooms in the rainy season, pine cones, pine nuts, and ferns in autumn and winter. Each season has its own flowers and plants. The girls in our picking group always go up the mountain and find new things no matter what season it is. Join our mountain adventure!"

Five years ago, I was walking in Cangshan Mountain and came across a field of wild tea. The branches of the untended tea trees were much taller than me. It was April, when the tea leaves were in full bloom. They were so tempting that I scooped some of them up with my shirt and jacket and took them home. I hung them in a winnowing basket to dry naturally, and they turned into white tea. So picking wild tea was probably the first step for me to understand Cangshan Mountain.

Picking wild tea is a mountain game and a wild pleasure. When you focus on finding something in the forest, it is fun to feel your mind both focused and free.

After picking tea, we had a tea break together in the pine forest where we could overlook the Erhai Lake. The tea break was prepared by us.

After the event, we will be responsible for taking the tea leaves collected by everyone home, drying them, making them into white tea, and then mailing them to everyone.

The packaging box for the tea is shown below.

If you also want to join us in picking wild tea, you need to know that wild tea trees are unattended and are scattered in every corner of the forest. We find them one by one like playing hide-and-seek, and then pick their buds. It is not easy. I once spent a whole day to pick a pound of tea. If you just want to pick enough tea to take home for 288 yuan, then you may not be suitable to participate.