China’s Tea Market Hits Peak Season

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By Zhao Runhua / Apr 09, 2019 10:44 AM / Society & Culture

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Chinese people consume tea all year round, but domestic demand for the beverage — especially for green tea — is now entering the annual peak season.

Tea planters in China are busy harvesting and packaging the first batches of tea leaves of the year to sell as "tea harvested before Tomb-Sweeping Day (明前茶)," and "spring tea (春茶)," which is also known as "new tea (新茶)."

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