Inner Mongolia: A Century of Brick Tea as Money内蒙古：砖茶做过百年货币的地方
内蒙古 · INNER MONGOLIA
Not a tea-growing region; a main market for green brick tea, which once circulated as currency for a century, with Guihua (today's Hohhot) as the northwest trade hub.非原产茶区。青砖茶主销区，砖茶曾代替蒙古货币通行百年之久。归化城（今呼和浩特）是西北贸易总汇。
2 tea regions below. Compiled from public sources, October 2026.下文 2 个茶贸节点，据公开资料整理，2026 年 10 月。
Guihua (today's Hohhot)归化城（今呼和浩特）
Historic tea-trade stop历史茶贸点The transport hub toward Xinjiang, Outer Mongolia and Russia, and the clearing house of northwest trade. Chibi green brick tea long held about seventy percent of the tea sold in Inner Mongolia.通往新疆、外蒙及俄罗斯的交通中枢，西北贸易总汇。赤壁青砖茶在内蒙古茶销售中长期占七成左右份额。
Chifeng / Tongliao赤峰 / 通辽
Historic tea-trade stop历史茶贸点In Tongliao alone, green brick tea once took more than ninety percent of the market.通辽一地青砖茶份额曾逾九成。
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Inner Mongolia is not a tea-growing region. It was a main market for green brick tea, which circulated as money for a century. The points above are trade stops, not growing areas.内蒙古不是产茶区。它是青砖茶的主销区，砖茶曾代替货币通行百年。上面列的是茶贸节点，不是产茶区。
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- ← Back to the China Tea Map — all 24 provinces and their 109 tea regions.← 回到中国茶地图 —— 24 个省份、109 个茶区。
- Fujian in full — nine tea regions written out with their origins, land, craft and taste.福建茶区全解 —— 九个茶区，逐条写源流、风土、工艺、品鉴。
- Choosing a gongfu tea set — what actually goes into one, and why.功夫茶具怎么选一套 —— 一套里到底有哪几件。
- Choosing a tea tray — the piece everyone forgets until it is too late.茶盘怎么选 —— 最容易忘、又最晚才想起来的那一件。
- Questions about how to brew any of these? Write to me — if I don’t know, I’ll say so.不知道这些茶该怎么泡？写信给我——不知道的，我会直说。
We sell tea ware, not tea. Region names and origin details on this page are compiled from public sources (October 2026); where a claim cannot be sourced, we leave it out.本站卖茶器，不卖茶。本页茶区名称与产地信息据公开资料整理（2026-10）；没有出处的，我们不写。