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Nan Nuo Shan(Nannuo Mountain, 南糯山), located in Bulanghe Township of Menghai County, is mainly inhabited by ethnic Hani people. It is 22km far from Jinghong city and 20km from Menghai county. During the 1920’s, the Republic of China government established Yunnan’s earliest tea industry testing ground at Nannuo Mountain. The Nannuo Mountainous area has vast tea growing areas with a long history of growing tea. Its history of tea cultivation can be traced back to the Tang dynasty (618-920AD). It is also the oldest test-bed of industrialization in Xishuangbanna. Today there are still more than 700 hectares of ancient tea gardens existing here. Nannuo Mountain has a mild climate with an annual average temperature of 18.7°C. At an altitude between 800 to 1500m, it serves to differentiate the climates of Menghai and Jinghong. Temperatures range from 3°C to 33.5°C. It is described to be : “winters without severe cold, and summers without extreme heat. The 78% average relative humidity and 100 to 150 foggy days per year makes Nannuo mountain a fine example of the saying “High, foggy mountains produce famous tea.

Place tea leaves up to 40-60% of the capacity of Gaiwan. If the Gaiwan is 100ml, we need about 5g of Pu Erh tea leaves. Fill the Gaiwan with boiling water, and then place the lid and immediately pour out the water from Gaiwan. It is to warm and open up tea leaves. This action can be repeated once more. That means you can rinse tea leaves twice with boiling water.

For the actual brewing, it does not require long infusion time like preparing other kinds of teas. Instead, you have to brew it in the "touch and go" style. As soon as you pour the Gaiwan full, place the lid on Gaiwan and then immediately pour out the tea liquor. It is recommended to accumulate the 1st and 2nd infusion into a pitcher in order to even out the flavor and taste. For each subsequent brewing, no more than 5 second is recommended. By brewing in such "touch and go" style, you can brew up to nearly 20 times.