
Harvesting White Peony

knife cut noodles
please don’t let this tradition die out! It was one of the absolute most delicious bowl of noodles ever had!

knife cut noodles the real, traditional way. This young man rolled out the dough to order, cuts the noodles, and my bowl of soupy noodles arrived in under 10 minutes. Who needs fast food when it can be this delicious, and this fast!
Visiting with Mr. Lin, one of the producers of white tea in the Fuding area. As we had dinner right on the water in a fishing village, he commented on how just not too long ago, when he and his brothers were harvesting tea up in the hills behind us, his sister would cast a net right here, catch some fish, and walk them all the way up the mountain for her brothers. This beautiful new highway and…

April 4 harvest of Silver Needle white tea
The earliest, Qing Ming harvest is considered the best. It was bright, clear, and sweet.