This past weekend I visited an organic tea garden near Yantou town, Yongjia County, Wenzhou prefecture. The elevation was around 600 meters, which is high for the area. I like an organic farm at the top of a mountain because there's no chance of pesticide runoff from other farms. The second picture is of a newly planted area, therefore it is not so nice looking. The grow the wuniuzao varietal which is made into green tea.
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This year, a tea farmer pointed my attention to the grass between the tea bushes. The visible difference between his organic and non-organic crops was the presence of grass and other plants in his organic field. There, no herbicide is used.
Beautiful Tea Garden. Have you ever tried any of this tea?
@ Stephane
They said the same thing in this tea garden about the weeds, and sure enough there were plenty.
@ Bret
I haven't had any from this particular garden yet, but I will next spring! Wuniuzao (the varietal grown here) is processed much like Xihu longjing.
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