I flew from Shanghai to Tunxi, then took a cab to my hotel in the mountains.
Hiking on Day 1
Huangshan is famous for its rock formations
Unfortunately for me the weather was terrible, yet there were still substantial crowds.
Back off the mountain I picked up some Maofeng and Taiping Houkui tea.
Day 2: I traveled to the nearby village of Shexian and found a local tea museum sponsored by the most famous Huangshan Maofeng brand “Xie Zhengan”. Shexian was an important transit point for the tea trade. The only way I found this museum was by asking a cab driver. None of the travel websites or books I referenced had any mention of it.
The story of Xie Zhengan
Some Maofeng that I bought
A tea plant
The various plantations around Huangshan
Both Maofeng and Liuan Guapian are available on Huangshan. Supposedly, you can take a boat trip to a secluded island to the north of Huangshan where they grow Taiping Houkui. Qimen, of Qimen Hongcha fame, is just to the southwest of Tunxi.