Tea

Would You Like Some Tea?

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November 27th 2006
After the gardens we left to go to a tea village. A very cute girl named Nancy was our guide for this one. She showed us a man who was drying tea leaves in a metal pan by stirring with his hand. He had to spend several hours a day doing this and had to use his hand so he knows the temperature. We were then led into a room (that's where they get you) to observe the different kinds of tea. There ar ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more