Chinese teas
Changes in the tea industry in China:
"A quiet revolution, often perpetuated by local authorities in the tea-growing areas, has changed the nature of the industry, by empowering the growers, expanding the plantations and modernizing the processing and trading methods in the world's most-populous country.
Think about it: More than 100 million people, or nearly 10 per cent of China's population, work in the tea industry. Last year, China produced 799,000 tons of tea, of which 280,000 tons were exported.
In addition, the country has 1.27 million hectares of tea plantations, mainly in southern and western China. The acreage increases annually.
In some areas of southern China, "the economy is all about tea," says Wu Xiduan, secretary-general of the China Tea Marketing Association.
In many tea-planting areas, tea remains a cottage industry for hundreds of thousands of families, who sell their products to tea merchants. Because growers and processors are not organized, they lack the bargaining power to negotiate prices."
"A quiet revolution, often perpetuated by local authorities in the tea-growing areas, has changed the nature of the industry, by empowering the growers, expanding the plantations and modernizing the processing and trading methods in the world's most-populous country.
Think about it: More than 100 million people, or nearly 10 per cent of China's population, work in the tea industry. Last year, China produced 799,000 tons of tea, of which 280,000 tons were exported.
In addition, the country has 1.27 million hectares of tea plantations, mainly in southern and western China. The acreage increases annually.
In some areas of southern China, "the economy is all about tea," says Wu Xiduan, secretary-general of the China Tea Marketing Association.
In many tea-planting areas, tea remains a cottage industry for hundreds of thousands of families, who sell their products to tea merchants. Because growers and processors are not organized, they lack the bargaining power to negotiate prices."
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