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What is good Hubei tea? A seemingly simple question, but it's hard to sum up in a single phrase. Is expensive tea necessarily good tea? Is scarce tea necessarily good tea? Is tea that boasts ancient trees or master craftsmanship necessarily good tea? The answer to all these is “not necessarily.” Image | Hubei tea mountains shrouded in mist and clouds 01 Hubei’s Good Tea: The Three Essential Elements at the Source Must Not Be Missing For truly good tea, the three essential elements at the source must be right. What are the three essential elements at the source of tea? They are: region, variety, and processing method. Region More than a thousand years ago, Lu Yu, the Sage of Tea, wrote in Chapter One of "The Classic of Tea," about "the origin of tea"; then, in another chapter titled "where tea comes from," he detailed the various sources of tea production in the Tang Empire that he had researched and that were recorded in historical documents. This shows the importance of the origin of tea, that is, "region." Image | "The Classic of Tea" by Lu Yu Currently, 21 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in our country produce tea,…

To thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and promote high-quality development of our city's tea industry, a meeting on the construction of the city's tea industry chain was successfully held on August 7. The meeting conveyed the spirit of the provincial tea industry social service field promotion conference, reported on the implementation of the province's "Ten Measures for Tea," as well as the plans and progress of social services for our city's tea industry. Li Shi, Chairman of the Municipal CPPCC and head of the city's tea industry chain, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Li Shi pointed out that the achievements in the construction of the tea industry chain were significant in the first half of this year. Firstly, there was an overall improvement. Since the beginning of the year, the municipal tea industry chain working group has solidly promoted the construction of the full industry chain by increasing publicity efforts, expanding domestic and international markets, and enhancing the value of the tea industry chain, achieving improvements in scale, quality, brand, and benefits. Secondly, the shortfall in the circulation link was addressed. The completion and operation of…