GLOBALink | Tea farmers bring aroma from deep mountains to urban customers
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2026-04-27 19:07:31
HUANGSHAN, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Taiping Houkui is a renowned green tea from Anhui, known for its flat, elongated leaves. It offers a unique aroma, mellow taste, and sweet aftertaste. Recently, as the core production area of Taiping Houkui, the high-mountain tea gardens in Houkeng Village of Huangshan City, have entered the busiest harvest season.
To pick fresh tea leaves to make Taiping Houkui, local tea farmers and tea leave pickers they hired have to trek over mountains and rivers to reach to tea gardens. Amid dense forests and morning mist, they start their work early.
In 2025, Huangshan District's total tea output reached 1,722.8 tonnes, generating a comprehensive output value of 3.9 billion yuan (about 571 million U.S. dollars).
A tea picker (front) arrives at the pier and walks towards tea gardens on the mountain in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Tea pickers climb the hill towards tea gardens in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A tea farmer walks towards tea gardens in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Tea pickers pick tea leaves at a tea garden on the mountain in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026.(Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A tea picker picks tea leaves at a tea garden on the mountain in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026.(Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A tea picker picks tea leaves at a tea garden on the mountain in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026.(Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Tea pickers leave tea gardens in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Tea pickers transport freshly picked tea leaves to a boat in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Tea pickers take a boat to return to Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)Tea pickers look at tea leaves on a boat on their way back to Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 24, 2026.(Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A tea farmer checks the quality of tea leaves in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A tea farmer checks the tea leaves in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)A tea farmer checks the newly-picked tea leaves in Houkeng Village, Huangshan District of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)■
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