霜降Frost's Descent
景迈生茶景邁生茶
Jǐngmài shēngchá

Jingmai sheng pu'er

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Sheng Pu-er from the Jingmai area, whose old tea forests form a living cultural landscape of tea cultivation and community stewardship.

Category
Dark teaDark tea 黑茶
Style
sheng
Part of
Sheng pu'er
Forms
Cake, Loose leaf
Region
Cultivars
Yunnan large-leaf
Harvest
Spring

Character#

Orchid-like and other floral descriptions are common in the trade, but neither floral intensity nor body authenticates a Jingmai lot. Garden, harvest, manufacture and storage need their own evidence.

Also sold or written as 5#

Chinese variants
  • 景迈Jǐng màiJingmai
  • Jingmai Dazhai / 景迈大寨Jǐng mài dàzhàiMain Dai village on the mountain.
  • Mangjing / 芒景MángjǐngBlang village group on the same mountain; often sold separately.
Translations and trade names
  • Jingmai
  • Jingmai Mountain raw

Names and ambiguities#

Jingmai vs. Mangjing

Jingmai Mountain contains two main village clusters. The Jingmai side (e.g. Jingmai Dazhai, Nuogang) is largely Dai, and Mangjing (Mangjing Shangzhai/Xiazhai, Wengji and others) is largely Blang. Vendors sometimes treat 'Mangjing' as a distinct origin and sometimes fold it into 'Jingmai'. Village counts in the heritage area vary between sources (8, 9 or 14).

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Jingmai is in Pu'er City, not Xishuangbanna or Lincang

Jingmai lies in Huimin town, Lancang County, Pu'er City. Its old Six Mountains grouping with Xishuangbanna mountains leads some vendors to file it under 'Banna'. 'Lancang' (the county and the Chinese name of the Mekong) is also easily confused with 'Lincang' (a separate prefecture-level city).

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Notes#

Cultivated forest, not untouched wilderness#

UNESCO's statement of Outstanding Universal Value describes understorey tea cultivation maintained by Blang and Dai communities, with tea groves, protective forests and villages forming one managed landscape. Forest-grown leaf here can be the result of long cultivation and stewardship rather than a botanically wild population.

What World Heritage status tells us#

The 2023 inscription recognises a cultural landscape and its land-use system. It is not a quality certificate for every cake bearing the Jingmai name, nor proof of a stated individual tree age. Village, garden, harvest and maker provide more specific product provenance; see Jingmai Mountain for the protected landscape and its boundaries.

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Where to buy#

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.
ProductVendorPricePer 100 g
Jingmai Yellow Flakes
Lowest of 9
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
Details and price notes

Price shown in USD.

Farmerleaf
Worldwide

Worldwide · Mainland China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · USA · Europe

Shipping policy
$35.00 / 357 g $9.80
≈ $0.69 a session
Spring Jingmai Miyun
Lower quarter of 9
Stated year: 2026
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
Details and price notes

Price shown in USD.

Farmerleaf
Worldwide

Worldwide · Mainland China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · USA · Europe

Shipping policy
$40.00 / 357 g $11.20
≈ $0.78 a session
Pu'er Tee - Sheng Jingmai Lancang Gu Cake pest.frei
sold out
Stated year: 2018
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
Details
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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.

Area as stated
1,600 m
Tree age / type
100–200 years
Yoshi en
Selected destinations

EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Canada

Shipping policy
€49.90 / 357 g $15.68
€13.98 / 100 g
≈ $1.10 a session
In Bloom Spring Jing Mai Raw Pu'er
Lower quarter of 9
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Area as stated
Dapingzhang, Jingmai; picked March 18–28, 2025
Tree age / type
mixed picking, mostly smaller trees with some big-tree leaf
Bitterleaf Teas
Selected destinations

USA · EU · UK · Mainland China

Shipping policy
$36.00 / 200 g $18.00
≈ $1.26 a session
In Bloom Spring Jingmai Raw Pu'er
Mid-range of 9
Stated year: 2026
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Area as stated
Jingmai; picked March 20–28
Tree age / type
mixed picking, mostly smaller trees with some big-tree leaf
Bitterleaf Teas
Selected destinations

USA · EU · UK · Mainland China

Shipping policy
$38.00 / 200 g $19.00
≈ $1.33 a session
CNNP Jingmai Early Spring Raw Pu'er Tea Cake
Stated year: 2007
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Tree age / type
"most likely plantation"
Storage
Kunming since 2007
Yunnan Sourcing
Selected destinations

USA · Canada · EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Russia · Japan · South Korea · Hong Kong · Singapore · Malaysia · Thailand · Australia · New Zealand

Shipping policy
$71.50 / 357 g $20.03
≈ $1.40 a session
Jingmai
Leaf harvest year: 2007
Claimed origin: China
Meetea
Selected destinations

Limited coverage: EU, Other destinations. Only some destinations are covered. Check the shipping policy for your address.

USA · Canada · UK · EU · Other destinations

Shipping policy
CZK 260.00 / 50 g $23.97
CZK 520.00 / 100 g
≈ $1.68 a session
China Jingmai Gushu Maocha Pu'er Tea
sold out
Stated year: 2015
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Area as stated
Jingmai village; autumn 2015; farmer William Osmont
Tree age / type
gushu (as titled)
What-Cha
Selected destinations

UK · USA · Norway

Shipping policy
£26.60 / 100 g $35.50
£26.60 / 100 g
≈ $2.49 a session
Spring Jingmai Gulan
Mid-range of 9
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Area as stated
several gardens incl. Da Ping Zhang
Tree age / type
blend of old-tree (gushu) gardens
Farmerleaf
Worldwide

Worldwide · Mainland China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · USA · Europe

Shipping policy
$150.00 / 357 g $42.02
≈ $2.94 a session
Spring Jingmai Gulan
Mid-range of 9
Stated year: 2026
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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Price shown in USD.

Farmerleaf
Worldwide

Worldwide · Mainland China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · USA · Europe

Shipping policy
$150.00 / 357 g $42.02
≈ $2.94 a session
Yunnan Sourcing Jingmai Mountain Raw Pu'er Tea Cake
Stated year: 2020
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Area as stated
Wanmu village
Tree age / type
60–200 years; small and medium leaf
Yunnan Sourcing
Selected destinations

USA · Canada · EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Russia · Japan · South Korea · Hong Kong · Singapore · Malaysia · Thailand · Australia · New Zealand

Shipping policy
$149.00 / 250 g $59.60
≈ $4.17 a session
Jingmai Tuo
Leaf harvest year: 2003
Claimed origin: China
Meetea
Selected destinations

Limited coverage: EU, Other destinations. Only some destinations are covered. Check the shipping policy for your address.

USA · Canada · UK · EU · Other destinations

Shipping policy
CZK 670.00 / 50 g $61.77
CZK 1,340 / 100 g
≈ $4.32 a session
2007 Jingmai Gushu Sheng Pu'er
Stated year: —
Claimed origin: China
TheTea
Worldwide
€27.70 / 50 g $62.13
€55.40 / 100 g
≈ $4.35 a session
Spring Jingmai Single Trees
Upper quarter of 9
Leaf harvest year: 2026
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
Details and price notes

Price shown in USD.

Farmerleaf
Worldwide

Worldwide · Mainland China · Hong Kong · Macau · Taiwan · USA · Europe

Shipping policy
$230.00 / 357 g $64.43
≈ $4.51 a session
Ancient Tree Raw Pu'er from Jingmai Mountain
Upper quarter of 9
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
Details and price notes
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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.

Area as stated
about 1,200 m; picked during the shop's March 2025 tea tour, 5.3 kg made
Tree age / type
over 300 years

Price shown for delivery within the EU, including VAT. The final price may vary by destination country.

Moychay.nl
Selected destinations

Not delivered to: USA.

EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Canada · Worldwide

Shipping policy
€5.16 / 7 g $82.67
€73.71 / 100 g
≈ $5.79 a session
Jing Mai 600+ Years Old Single Tree Green Pu'er Loose
Highest of 9
Stated year: 2024
Claimed origin: Jingmai Mountain
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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.

Tree age / type
600+ years, single tree
Tea Habitat
Worldwide

USA · Worldwide

Shipping policy
$96.00 / 28.35 g $338.62
≈ $23.70 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.

Prices by sales channel#

International retail
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ProductVendorChannelper 100 g
Jingmai Yellow FlakesFarmerleaf International retail$9.80
Spring Jingmai MiyunFarmerleaf International retail$11.20
Pu'er Tee - Sheng Jingmai Lancang Gu Cake pest.freiYoshi en International retail$15.68
In Bloom Spring Jing Mai Raw Pu'erBitterleaf Teas International retail$18.00
In Bloom Spring Jingmai Raw Pu'erBitterleaf Teas International retail$19.00
CNNP Jingmai Early Spring Raw Pu'er Tea CakeYunnan Sourcing International retail$20.03
JingmaiMeetea International retail$23.97
China Jingmai Gushu Maocha Pu'er TeaWhat-Cha International retail$35.50
Spring Jingmai GulanFarmerleaf International retail$42.02
Spring Jingmai GulanFarmerleaf International retail$42.02
Yunnan Sourcing Jingmai Mountain Raw Pu'er Tea CakeYunnan Sourcing International retail$59.60
Jingmai TuoMeetea International retail$61.77
2007 Jingmai Gushu Sheng Pu'erTheTea International retail$62.13
Spring Jingmai Single TreesFarmerleaf International retail$64.43
Ancient Tree Raw Pu'er from Jingmai MountainMoychay.nl International retail$82.67
Jing Mai 600+ Years Old Single Tree Green Pu'er LooseTea Habitat International retail$338.62

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