Jinghong (Kathy) Zhang is a PhD student here in RMAP. She is planning to undertake research on the production, marketing and consumption of Puer Tea in Yunnan Province. She has written a fascinating introductory article about her research site, Yiwu, a small tea-growing township in Sipsongpanna. Her article has generated considerable interest among the on-line “Pu-Erh Tea Community” (56 comments when I last looked). Clearly Puer Tea is a serious business! And a great taste too!
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1 New Mandala » Puer Starbucks! // Mar 14, 2007 at 3:47 pm
[...] This is not quite the “Yunnan Fringe” that Nicholas has been writing about (and lots more to come). In fact it is very much Yunnan central, but with strong links to the rural periphery. ANU PhD student Jinghong Zhang snapped this shot of an upmarket puer tea shop in Kunming. For an outline of Jinghong’s puer tea research go here. [...]
2 Resource Management in Asia-Pacific » Tea in the mountains // Jun 2, 2007 at 10:29 pm
[...] lucky enough to visit the field site of RMAP student Kathy (Jinghong) Zhang. Kathy is undertaking fascinating research on tea trade in the far south of China. Her primary field site is the mountain township of Yiwu [...]
3 James // Jun 4, 2007 at 12:56 am
I never like pu erh. i dont know never really my cup. I prefer green tea..m favs would be dragonwell from teacuppa.com and lemon mint green from tealuxe.
4 Puer tea - store with care! // Jun 10, 2008 at 9:43 pm
[...] borderlands of China and southeast Asia is the dramatic revival in popularity of Yunnan’s Puer tea. Jinghong Zhang is a PhD student at the Australian National University who is studying the production, marketing and [...]
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