Fall Tieguanyin Tea Harvest in Anxi, Fujian

Tea Pickers at Fall Tea Harvest

Can relate to the woman checking her phone while she’s supposed to be working.

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Anxi's Famous Red Clay Soil

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Chatting with Some Tea Pickers

as they tell me their technique for plucking tea leaves.

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Close-Up on Ms. Wang a Local Tea Picker

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Freshly Plucked Tea Leaves

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Close-Up on the Tea Plant

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The Minerals in the Soil are Part of the Special Terroir

of this region that is known for Tieguanyin oolong tea.

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Tea Bushes Dotting the Soil

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Cascade of Tea Terraces

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One Family's Personal Plot of Tea Plants

Mr. and Mrs. Wang (no personal relation to my family of Wang’s—China has a lot of people with the surname Wang) who we stayed with.

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Their Tea Plot in their Village

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Wang Family Home

Abuzz during fall harvest time when relatives come home to help with the harvest.

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Loved this Photo of Baby Chilling at Work

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Mrs. Wang Plucking Tea Leaves

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Neighbor and Goats

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I Got a Tea Picking Tutorial

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Tea Leaves AND the Tea Camellia Flower

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Tony Wandering Around the Tea Field

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Freshly Plucked Tea Leaves

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First Wither on the Front Landing of the House

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Tumbling the Withered Leaves

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Motorcycles Were the Primary Mode of Transport Around the Region

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A Stack of Leaves Left to Oxidize After Tumbling

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Smells So Good

Sort of like fresh green bananas.

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You can see the oxidation on the edges of the tea leaf

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Hand Finishing the Tea

Plucking the tea leaves off the stems and separating out any straw or twigs in the mix.

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Close-Up on the Hand Finishing

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Finished Tiegyuanyin Oolong Tea

There are many steps in the processing of Tieguanyin oolong tea not captured in the photo album which will be illuminated in an upcoming post.
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