“with a cup of tea in front of you, you do not lie” Dai elder The Where’s:      Southwestern Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Pulang Mountains The Who’s:         Xiao Yang, Hani, Pulang, Dai, Wa peoples The What’s:       Sheng/Raw/Green Puer In tea circles Lao Banzhang town resonates as a heaveyweight. Lying within the Pulang Mountain Range of southern China it is known for robust and potent ‘sheng’ (raw/green) Puer’s. Hunched forward in a kind of rigid prayer, my hand is welded onto t