An ethnic Hani (哈尼族) tea farmer looks out over the terraced mountains on which his tea plants grow. While Yunnan is famous for its Pu'er tea (普洱茶), which sells for astronomical prices, this man sells his leaves unprocessed for 2 yuan (29 cents) per half kilo (1.1 lbs), or processed for 6 yuan (89 cents).
Where exactly does this guy farm? And do you know what kind of finished tea his leaves will be manufactured into?
Lew, unfortunately this guy couldn’t tell us too much. All he knew was that he was picking tea leaves and that he didn’t make much money off of them. The area was on a mountain between 绿春县 and 大黑山乡 — a very beautiful area.