China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

March 22, 2019 We were busy in the meetings all day. We were going to go to another tea farm, but it got canceled so we were deciding if we should go to Shanghai. We were about to go there, but the owner of the Houtu graciously decided to host about 2 dozen people and...
China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

March  21, 2019 Well, this was a busy day.  I mentioned the morning last week and this week I will do the afternoon and evening.  We went to the 2019 Zhejiang Longjing Tea Stir Fixation Competition.  It was really nice to see. We were lucky because...
Trip to China March 14 – 28, 2019

Trip to China March 14 – 28, 2019

March  21, 2019 After eating breakfast we took shuttles to Houtu Tea Factory in Shengzhou.  They showed us the factory, gave us a talk, set up a mid-day snack, and a tour of there tea museum.  It was a pretty rainy morning, so it was nice that we were...
China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

March 20, 2019 The last day in Yibin was filled with exploring the place we had the 1st Confederation of International Tea Smallholders (CITS) Meeting. The place had a greenhouse and tea gardens.  We took a tour and were entertained until the meeting. The meeting...
China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

China Trip March 14 – 28, 2019

March 19, 2019 The Raabs and I did go to the Specialty Tea Exhibit again on the morning of March 19, 2019. We were able to see the whole exhibition, the day before we were only there for about a half hour to hour.  When you have about eight people it is harder to...