West Lake Longjing tea picked 10 days early due to fine weather in Hangzhou
Original title: West Lake Longjing tea in Hangzhou picked early
On March 7, a tea farmer picks fresh leaves of spring West Lake Longjing tea on Wengjia Mountain in Hangzhou.
On the same day, in the primary protection areas for West Lake Longjing tea such as Wengjia Mountain and Meijiawu in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, some tea farmers began picking a small amount of the first flush of 2016 spring West Lake Longjing tea. Due to the sustained fine and hot weather in Hangzhou earlier on, the picking period for West Lake Longjing tea was about 10 days earlier than the average of previous years.
Released by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Li Zhong)
On March 7, tea farmers pick fresh leaves of spring West Lake Longjing tea on Wengjia Mountain in Hangzhou.
On March 7, tea farmers in Wengjia Mountain village, Hangzhou, hand-fry this year's first flush of spring West Lake Longjing tea.