TE055 - Suancha: Anatomy of sourness (8.11. 2026)

😍| We are finally here from work trip across Xishuangbanna and this means - new teas and a lot of new memories, which we would like to share with you. This time, we will look at so-called sour tea (Suancha 酸茶). This is special tea is produced by several mountainious tribes, where the tea used to be primarily consumed as a food rather than as a beverage. Yet, in modern history, we are more often encountering this type of tea, which is additionally sun-dried and brewed as a regular tea. During the tea event, we will look at differences among sour teas made by Deang (德昂族) and Bulang (布朗族) tribes, and discuss what is behind the growing popularity of this tea, what are the contemporary challenges for making this tea and who is making these teas.

🌱| During the event, we will drink four different sour teas from different tea gardens. The event will be accompanied by our own audio-visual materials, including some of those, we did not published anywhere else. Get a better insight into the tea sourcing and people who are behind your beloved tea. The event is intended for all tea lovers, who would like to know more about rare types of teas and who are looking for very unique tea experience.