Xinjiang: Where Tea Came Before Food新疆：茶马古道上的一站
新疆 · XINJIANG
Not a tea-growing region (a late-Qing planting attempt failed); a main market for fu, black, flower and rice brick teas, with the saying 'rather three days without food than a day without tea'.非原产茶区（清光绪年间试种未成）。茯砖、黑砖、花砖、米砖主销地，民间有「宁可三日无粮，不可一日无茶」之说。
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。
Kashgar Old-town Tea House喀什古城百年老茶馆
Historic tea-trade stop历史茶贸点A representative scene of Xinjiang tea drinking; flower-and-herb tea and sanpaotai are popular here.新疆饮茶习俗的代表性场景，花药茶、三泡台流行。
Urumqi Luyuan Street乌鲁木齐炉院街
Historic tea-trade stop历史茶贸点The largest tea trading market in Xinjiang.全疆最大茶集散市场。
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Xinjiang is not a tea-growing region — a late-Qing attempt to plant tea here failed. It was a main market for fu, black, flower and rice brick teas. The points above are trade stops, not growing areas.新疆不是产茶区（清光绪年间试种未成）。它是茯砖、黑砖、花砖、米砖的主销地。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。