7公斤鮮葉，只做出1.5公斤茶 | 7 kg of Leaves, 1.5 kg of Tea — Yibang & Yiwu

「每年跑茶山，是為了什麼？」影片一開始，製茶人這樣問自己。答案只有三個字：森林味。在西雙版納勐臘縣，倚邦和易武兩座古茶山的深處，我們跟著他走進人跡罕至的原始森林——沒有路，只有溪流、懸崖，和長在石縫裡的古樹。 這裡的茶樹，根扎進岩層十米以下。陽光、光合作用、根系裡的真菌、岩石裡的微量礦物質——他用最樸素的話，講清楚古樹茶為什麼好喝。你會看到紫芽（「陸羽《茶經》說，茶者紫為上」）、倚邦細葉種的芽頭「像指甲蓋一樣小」，也會聽見背後啄木鳥一直在叫的森林。 今年在倚邦，他精選了兩棵可以做單株的古樹，一棵紫芽、一棵小葉種，混在一起採。七公斤多的鮮葉，兩鍋，最後只炒出一點五公斤的乾茶。「有好的工藝，才有好茶。既要炒好，又要炒熟。」 「讓一口好茶，回歸到一片樹葉；讓一片樹葉，帶給你一片森林。」這是他的初心。 章節 00:00 為什麼每年跑茶山——森林味 00:49 倚邦・易武，兩大古茶山 01:23 懸崖上的古樹：根扎十米 02:45 紫芽 02:58 國有林裡的古茶園 03:44 倚邦小葉種 04:40 兩棵古樹，一泡單株 05:08 7公斤鮮葉，1.5公斤茶 05:53 《茶經》：茶者紫為上 06:10 殺青 06:28 小葉種為什麼難做 07:06 一片葉子的重啟 ────────── "Why do I go to the tea mountains every year?" the tea maker asks at the start of the film. His answer is three words: forest flavor. Deep in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna, on the ancient tea mountains of Yibang and Yiwu, we follow him into primeval forest almost no one visits — no roads, only streams, cliffs, and old trees growing out of cracks in the rock. These trees send their roots more than ten metres down into the stone. Sunlight, photosynthesis, the fungi in the roots, the trace minerals dissolved from the rock — in the plainest language, he explains why ancient tree tea tastes the way it does. You'll see the purple bud ("Lu Yu's Classic of Tea says: of tea, purple is best"), Yibang's small-leaf varietal with buds "the size of a fingernail", and hear the woodpecker calling behind him the whole time. This year in Yibang he chose two ancient trees good enough for single-tree tea — one purple bud, one small-leaf — and picked them together. Just over seven kilos of fresh leaf, two wok-loads, fired down to 1.5 kilos of finished tea. "Good craft is what makes good tea. Fire it well, and fire it through." "Let a good sip of tea return to a single leaf; let a single leaf bring you a forest." That is what he started for. Chapters 00:00 Why I go to the mountains — forest flavor 00:49 Yibang & Yiwu, two ancient tea mountains 01:23 The cliff garden: roots ten metres deep 02:45 The purple bud 02:58 Inside the state forest 03:44 Yibang small-leaf 04:40 Two trees, one single-tree tea 05:08 7 kg of leaves, 1.5 kg of tea 05:53 "Purple is best" 06:10 Kill-green 06:28 Why small-leaf is hard 07:06 The reboot of a leaf 📍 SenTea Ancient Tree Tea — 798 Art District, Beijing #古樹茶 #易武 #倚邦 #普洱茶 #AncientTreeTea #Yiwu #PuerTea #YunnanTea