Today we've arrived at Pasha. In recent years, Pasha has been quite hyped up, especially Rhino Pond. We're currently in Pasha Laozhai, but soon we'll be heading to Pasha Zhongzhai, which is now the most famous. In the past, Pasha Laozhai was more renowned and desirable, but now it's Pasha Zhongzhai that's more sought after. Pasha Laozhai isn't as well-known as Pasha Zhongzhai anymore. Markets are always changing. From a professional Tea perspective, I think the quality of both is similar.

We're now in Pasha Zhongzhai, referred to as “The No.1 Village for Chinese Pu'er Tea,” which is somewhat unexpected. Pasha has a large number of ancient tea trees in the Menghai area, or even within the Gelianghe Township. Let me show you the sprouting conditions of the ancient tea trees in Pasha Zhongzhai.

We found a few ancient tea trees by the roadside, which look like they're growing well, but they aren't ready to be picked yet. I estimate it will take another week before they can be harvested. Looking around at other nearby tea trees, they're in a similar state. Let's keep walking further up to see more.

There are many ancient tea trees here in Pasha, surrounding the houses. As you can see, the tea trees around the houses are doing quite well, with some already ready to be picked.

We've come to an ancient tea garden, where the situation is not as good as the tea trees by the roadside. It will be at least two weeks before these can be harvested. Let's check out another ancient tea garden.

We've arrived at the core ancient tea garden, and this is one of the largest trees here, estimated to be over 100 to 200 years old. It hasn't sprouted much yet, with only a few buds appearing. They likely won't be ready to pick until after the Water-Sprinkling Festival. There's a significant difference between the tea trees in the gardens and those around the village.

This tree is also very old, definitely over 200 years, and has only sprouted a few buds. The older the tea tree, the slower its growth. They certainly won't be ready to harvest until after the Water-Sprinkling Festival.