春茶
Vendor pressings use April spring leaf.
老曼峨
Lao Man'e
The largest and oldest Bulang village on Bulang Mountain, famed for intensely bitter tea; villagers distinguish bitter (苦茶) and sweet (甜茶) trees by taste.
- Level
- Village
- Within
- Yunnan › Xishuangbanna › Menghai › Bulang Mountain
At a glance#
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
108 places shown Across the view · 104 km
55 places shown Across the view · 47 km
Altitude#
Garden elevations here and in neighbouring places, as sourced.
Picking calendar#
Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- Yunnan large-leaf
- Landraces
- Local bitter (苦茶) and sweet (甜茶) tree types, indistinguishable by eye (vendor).
- Plant age
- Old trees reported 100–500 years (vendor).
Local words#
People#
- Bulang (Blang) 布朗族
- The Bulang have lived in the village for generations (vendor guide).
Market#
- Prices of teas claiming this origin
- Kunming spring-price release, 23 April 2020 (as reported): small trees 600 yuan/kg; general/old-tree 1,600–1,800 yuan/kg. In 2013 about one tenth of Lao Banzhang (People's Daily Overseas). A forum guide says it can cost more than Bakanan and Bakalong.
Misnaming to watch for: Grouped into the 'Banzhang five villages' and sometimes sold as Banzhang.
Other names and written forms 4#
Chinese variants
- 老曼娥Lao Man'e
Romanisations
- Lao Man E
Translations and trade names
- LM'e
Abbreviations
- LME
Notes#
Lao Man'e is a Bulang village in the Banzhang village committee, about 12 km south-west of Lao Banzhang in a straight line (inference from OSM coordinates; People's Daily says under 20 km). A vendor guide reports a village stone tablet claiming over 1,400 years of history and over 900 years of tea planting; it also gives the old-garden area as '3,200 acres' (probably 3,200 mu mistranslated) with trees 100–500 years old. Its tea comes in two outwardly identical kinds, bitter and sweet, told apart only by tasting; the bitter type gives the village its reputation. The Bulangshan township tallies 30,000 mu of 'bitter tea' (苦茶) as its own category. People's Daily Overseas (2013) noted that Lao Man'e old-tree tea sold for about a tenth of Lao Banzhang's price despite being close by.
Prices of teas claiming this origin#
International retail
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| Product | Vendor | Channel | per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE LaoMan'E Kucha | Tea Encounter | International retail | $22.69 |
| I've got the Power 2026 Laomane Raw Pu'er | Bitterleaf Teas | International retail | $31.00 |
| Green Peacock Lao Man'e | Teas We Like | International retail | $54.62 |
| Spring Lao Man E Gushu | Farmerleaf | International retail | $64.43 |
Listings claiming this origin 4#
Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.
Prices compared in the selected currency; unknown values appear last.
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
TE LaoMan'E Kucha
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Tea EncounterWorldwide |
£68.00 / 400 g | $22.69 £17.00 / 100 g ≈ $1.59 a session |
I've got the Power 2026 Laomane Raw Pu'er
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Bitterleaf TeasSelected destinations |
$62.00 / 200 g | $31.00 ≈ $2.17 a session |
Green Peacock Lao Man'e
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
|
Teas We LikeSelected destinations |
$195.00 / 357 g | $54.62 ≈ $3.82 a session |
Spring Lao Man E Gushu
Details and price notesPrice shown in USD. |
FarmerleafWorldwide |
$230.00 / 357 g | $64.43 ≈ $4.51 a session |
Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.