茶路 · Tea Path
Jiāngxī · 江西省
Growing region · Lushan Yunwu · Wuyuan · Jingdezhen

Jiāngxī

江西省 · Jiāngxī

Mist turns mountains into poetry, and leaves into tea

庐山云雾

Jiangxi — UNESCO cloud tea of Mount Lushan, the breathtakingly beautiful county of Wuyuan, the porcelain capital Jingdezhen, and revolutionary Jinggangshan. Itinerary: Lake Poyang (the largest freshwater lake) → Lushan (the mountain of poets) → Huizhou villages → the world's porcelain capital → the red mountains of the south.

Teas of this area

Лушань Юньу Ча 庐山云雾茶

Cloud tea, one of the oldest green teas. 800+ m, 200+ misty days. Fresh, orchid and fog. Mountain of poets: Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Su Shi.

Нинхунча 宁红茶

Red tea from Xiushui — a 400-year history.

Хэхунча 河红茶

Red tea from Qianshan — a 400-year history.

Route by days

  1. Дни 1–2

    Лушань 庐山·九江

    Yunwu · Cloud

    Lushan (庐山) — UNESCO, 1474 m, 200+ cloudy days. Yunwu Cha — fresh, orchid and mist. Poyang Lake (鄱阳湖) — the largest freshwater lake. Shuangjing Lyucha. Tasting: Lushan Yunwu vs Shuangjing.

    Mountain lodge — in the clouds above Poyang Lake

  2. День 3

    Сюшуй 修水县

    Ninghongcha

    Ninghongcha — Jiangxi's red tea, 400+ years. Shuangjing Lyucha.

    Xiushui Hotel

  3. День 4

    Уюань 婺源县

    The Most Beautiful County

    «The most beautiful county in China» — rapeseed fields + tea gardens + Huizhou architecture (white walls, black roofs). Green tea — chestnut, Huizhou style. A photographer's dream.

    Huizhou house — white walls among tea gardens

  4. День 5

    Фулян · Цзиндэчжэнь 浮梁·景德镇

    Tea and Porcelain

    Fuliang — an ancient tea county, mentioned in Lu Yu's «Tea Classic». Jingdezhen (景德镇) — the world's porcelain capital, 1700 years. Tea + porcelain = two great exports from one place. Workshop: create your own tea cup.

    Jingdezhen Hotel

  5. День 6

    Суйчуань · Цзинганшань 遂川·井冈山

    Gougucha

    Suichuan — Gougucha («Dog's Pit Tea»), a rare niche green. Jinggangshan — «Cradle of the Revolution», mountain tea gardens.

    Jinggangshan Mountain Lodge

  6. День 7

    Наньчан 南昌

    Finale

    Final tasting. Gannan Gaoshan Cha — high-mountain tea of southern Jiangxi.

Planning

Transport
Arrival at Nanchang (KHN). Trains + minibus. ~1300 km.
Climate
18–30°C. Lushan: 10–22°C, cloudy. Humid.
What to bring
Trekking shoes, camera (Wuyuan!), budget for porcelain.
Buying tea
Lushan Yunwu: from 400 ¥/jin. Wuyuan: from 200. Jingdezhen: porcelain for tea drinking!