Sri Lankan tea pickers’ dreams shattered by economic crisis
On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back. After…
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Price cuts brew success for milk tea brands
This summer, the growing tribe of milk tea lovers in China will likely find glad tidings as prominent brands such as Heytea and Nayuki announced they had slashed the prices…
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Tea gardens help villagers brew a success story
A worker (left) picks leaves in a tea garden in Maona, a Li ethnic village (right) in the city of Wuzhishan, South China’s Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] At the break of dawn,…
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19th Century tea set commissioned by Napoleon now on display at The Clark Art Institute
Inside a small room at The Clark Art Institute is the museum’s newest acquisition, a unique, hand-painted 19th century porcelain tea set. “This is an exquisite, very special set that was…
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Japan Photo Journal: Traditional new tea leaf picking underway in Aichi Pref
Women clad in traditional “kasuri” dyed fabric clothes pick new tea leaves in the central Japan city of Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, 2022. New tea leaf picking began…
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View of tea garden in China’s Hubei
Aerial photo taken on April 26, 2022 shows the view of a tea garden in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China’s Hubei Province. (Photo by Yang Shunpi/Xinhua)…
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Heritance Tea Factory Hotel, Nuwara Eliya – Sri Lanka
Step back into 19th century Ceylon at this luxury hotel high up in the Sri Lankan mountains Let me share a bit more about an incredible trip to Sri Lanka,…
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Tour guides offered tea picking jobs
With many tour guides struggling to make ends meet, the Huangshan Association of Tour Guides released a statement last week suggesting them to take up temporary jobs. And despite travel…
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New Japanese tea leaves auction for record 1.96 mil. yen
A 1-kilogram batch of hand-rolled new Japanese tea leaves from central Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture sold for a record 1.96 million yen (about $15,466) at the season’s inaugural auction on Monday.…
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Lao villagers enjoy better lives through Chinese tea
There are only 800 people in the village that is home to the planation, and before the garden opened more than half of them lived in poverty. After the 36…
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Terraced tea garden breathes new life into Chinese village
Ascending the stone steps of a terraced tea garden, Fang Dongyu, 68, is busy picking fresh tea leaves with other villagers as the harvest season of spring tea has started.…
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Farmers harvest tea leaves in Shanglin, Guangxi
A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea garden in Shanglin County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022…
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Yunwu tea leaves harvested in Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Lishan Town has more than 6,000 mu (about 400 hectares) of Yunwu tea gardens, with annual output value exceeding 60 million yuan (about 9.4 million U.S. dollars). Local authorities has…
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Farmers pick tea leaves at tea garden in Wenling, Zhejiang
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows farmers picking tea leaves at a tea garden in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. Traditionally, Chinese value tea made from the very…
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Asian American motherhood inspires canned milk tea company
Local moms create a heritage brand with Twrl Milk Tea Local moms Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang launched Twrl Milk Tea, a canned, plant-based pea milk tea, in 2021. Both…
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Handpicks Leaves From 1,000-Year-Old Terroir In China
Founded By Tea Expert Shunan Teng, Tea Drunk Preserves China’s Historic, Native Plants Nestled throughout rural China, secret wild tea trees (from when now-defunct villages cultivated trees centuries ago) house…
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Forget whisky and wine, tea pairings are the latest trend in fine dining! Here’s a beginner’s guide
Sommeliers in restaurants, as we all know, usually recommend the right whisky or wine to drink with a dish. The right pairing can summon amazing flavours, just as the wrong…
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What do you like to eat with your cup of tea?
A beginner’s guide to understanding tea and food pairing from a Dubai-based tea expert Dubai: There is more to tea than brewing it right. For example, sweet or savoury snacks…
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Toronto’s new design and bubble tea cafe hopes to build a bridge between artists in Asia to Canada. Meet Benkei Hime
Knowing the toll the pandemic has taken people worldwide, Jason Wang was inspired to create a “unique and audacious” experience for people to look forward to when restrictions eased. And…
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Exotic tea beers and fruit ales
March is ON and American craft brewers are addressing things with a full slate of new beer offerings you’re gonna want to chase down. A Fan Favorite Returns (Escondido, CA) –…
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