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Dark Tea Manufacture - Yiyang City, China

Here in China, Dark Tea or Hei Tea includes Pu-erh and the famous Fu Tea produced by Hunan Tea.  It is predominantly in bricks but now also in teabags and...

Dark Tea Manufacture - Yiyang City, China

Here in China, Dark Tea or Hei Tea includes Pu-erh and the famous Fu Tea produced by Hunan Tea.  It is predominantly in bricks but now also in teabags and...

Tasting Teas at Hunan Tea

Today we visited Hunan Tea Company, one of the largest producers and exporters of tea in China.  Their establishment is impressive - Offices, Processing Facilities, Packing, Transportation, Cold Storage, an...

Tasting Teas at Hunan Tea

Today we visited Hunan Tea Company, one of the largest producers and exporters of tea in China.  Their establishment is impressive - Offices, Processing Facilities, Packing, Transportation, Cold Storage, an...

Selection of Teas at Hotels in China

One pet peeve for all of us who love Tea is the lack of good tea in any hotel in the U.S.  Not so in China - here are two...

Selection of Teas at Hotels in China

One pet peeve for all of us who love Tea is the lack of good tea in any hotel in the U.S.  Not so in China - here are two...

Visiting Tea Supplier in Fuzhou, China

We took an early morning plane from Shanghai to Fuzhou and were met by our suppliers, then on to a 1-hour car drive to their offices.  Outside there were authentic...

Visiting Tea Supplier in Fuzhou, China

We took an early morning plane from Shanghai to Fuzhou and were met by our suppliers, then on to a 1-hour car drive to their offices.  Outside there were authentic...

Watched Flowering Tea being manufactured today ...

We visited one of our tea suppliers in Fuzhou today in China.  One of our main attractions today was watching Flowering Tea being made from scratch.  Today was on a...

Watched Flowering Tea being manufactured today ...

We visited one of our tea suppliers in Fuzhou today in China.  One of our main attractions today was watching Flowering Tea being made from scratch.  Today was on a...

Makaibari greets Dr. Mahendra Lama

Unrest continues in Darjeeling but the tea estates have been granted an exemption and are able to continue manufacture though with great limitations.  Last week, a huge rally was organized...

Makaibari greets Dr. Mahendra Lama

Unrest continues in Darjeeling but the tea estates have been granted an exemption and are able to continue manufacture though with great limitations.  Last week, a huge rally was organized...