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 No
other country on earth has contributed as much
to the rich history of tea or to the discovery
and understanding of tea cultivation and tea
manufacture as China. During the illustrious
dynasty periods of Chinese history, the six
great classes of tea ( black, green, oolong,
Pu-erh, white, yellow ) were created one by
one as tea workers continually refined the
tea-making process. Experimentation with fresh
leaf led to new techniques with differing
results, and the teas that we know today were
born of these early efforts.
Today, from east to west across the great expanse
of China, unique varieties of hand-made artisan
tea continue to be crafted in remote rural tea
villages in tea-producing regions. There, tea
gardens are protected and nurtured by the
isolated environment of high-elevation locations
in lofty mountains, which provides the perfect
climate and growing conditions for producing
stunning teas.
No other country on earth has tea workers who
possess the hand-skills of Chinese tea workers. Tea knowledge and skills are passed down from
father to son and mother to daughter. The
tea workers use all of their senses and the
lessons of tradition to determine when their
hand-crafted teas are ‘just right.’ |
