Here are some pics from my summer 2008 trip to China. We went to the mountains of Fujian and inspected the organic tea base of our main farming partner. We reviewed our upcoming tea requirements and spent some time walking through the tea fields.

After three months of nearly nonstop rain, the mountains are very green, and the tea looks great. It rained most of the time I was there, but it cleared up in time to get some good tea photos.

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Fuding, at the base of the mountains Tea shop area in Fuding On the road to Iron Paradise
Bamboo fans along the road Buddhist temple in the mountains Ways of old
Chinese Buddha (with good luck symbol) Dragon carving on the temple wall "Reclining Buddha"
Tea bushes are looking fat Very few vehicles in the area Rice grows on the hillsides too
Our new tea is looking GREAT People are out picking top leaves Tea grows naturally among other plants
Many small lakes irrigate the tea fields Small shrine on the top of the mountain Now I can zoom in on that lady picking tea
Leaf collection station Only the very top leaves are picked Young leaves for green and white tea
Uncured, perfect tea tastes like... bush Bamboo fans the Buddha clouds Hong Xiang Shi relaxes in the breeze
100% organic The teabag machine Ken (right) & friends at lunch

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