Still on the tea trail, Derek recounts and ranks all the most difficult to access teas, as he travels through Yunnan in the grip of a deep drought. He makes his way to the Bangdong Village, drinks the raw tea just made yesterday and compares old bush, with gushu, and single tree productions with Puer blends. Eating tea with the pickers, he makes his way out to Mengjie’s ancestral home in the mountains. We reflect a bit on pastoral routines and they affect our concept of time and explain why the Puer from Bangdong has been called Yancha, or rock tea. As always, the teas mentioned in this podcast are all available on the onerivertea.com website, so please browse and support our project if you can! See you next time!