Miss Lin, the super woman tea master of Taiwan Beauty says -’ for almost 80 years we have all been trying to adhere to new agricultural standards- organic , etc. But all that means is that we are constantly just defending that we are clean. There is nothing about quality.’ An excellent point that I hope American consumers can hear. She has converted her farm to the motto’ Returning to Our Roots’ ( pun!) -ancient ways of communing with nature and observing and working with how the tea plants respond to nature. For example, they dig to see how deep the roots can grow (1 meter deep for these small bushes!) if they train it not to rely on irrigation. The tea bushes are super tough plants. They will grow really deep roots for water if they can’t get them on the surface. As a result , her bushes can weather draught or heavy typhoons. Overly cared for bushes with adequate irrigation? The roots do not grow deep and they die at the first sign of weather change.
I guess that’s true of people too, whether one has built one’s character to tough out all situations and adversities….
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