Another weekend with decent weather. Another photo essay about tea. Another queue-jumper of a tea. This is because of the tea's name and the fact it comes from near my old stomping grounds in 江西 (Jiāngxī). OK, maybe not so near. 遂川 (Suìchuān) is in southwest Jiangxi and I lived in the northeast in 九江 (Jiǔjiāng). Wuhan is closer to my old stomping grounds than Suichuan is. But the name. That name! 狗牯脑绿茶 (Gǒugǔnǎo lǜchá or "Dog Brain Green Tea") is just a hilarious name to me. (It's named after a local mountain that is said to resemble a dog's head.) It's a high mountain "cloud and mist" tea. It's relatively famous in China, but likely not heard of outside of this nation. Personally I still prefer 庐山云雾茶 (Lúshān yúnwù chá) from my old stomping grounds (at the foot of Lushan) but this is a very nice tea and I'll probably be getting more, since it's from the Hakka people. As a detailed look at a "cloud and mist" tea I'll be able to highlight both the category's strengths and weaknesses. This is an almost emblematic instance of such a tea, after all. As usual there are alt tags on the pictures and Mastodon users will have to click through to see all the pictures. --- #茶叶 #绿茶 #狗牯脑绿茶 #云雾茶 #江西 #遂川 #中国名茶 #Tea #GreenTea #DogBrainGreenTea #CloudAndMistTea #Jiangxi #Suichuan #ChineseTea @zdl@mastodon.online