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 some of us were able to try pan-firing (fixating) the dragonwell or Longjing green tea. I have tons of videos from the event and even was able to purchase some high-grade Longjing at the Festival. We were also able to get behind the ropes too. We were also able to really get to see a tea farm. This was the most extensive of walking and being with the tea plants. I enjoyed it immensely. The welcome dinner was this night. I did not take as many dinner photos, I guess I was too busy enjoying myself. Also please click on the links to shorter videos I took. Most are under a minute long,
The first photo is someone in the competition. The second and third photo are pictures of the head of the English tea association. The fourth photo is finished longjing. The fifth photo is fresh tea before it becomes longjing. The sixth photo is comparing the fresh with the finished product. The rest are pictures of our visit to the tea farm.
