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Xinhua News AgencyIn the first half of 2024, the Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province saw 1,214,500 mu (approximately 80,966 hectares) of tea gardens in production, achieving a total output of 41,000 tons and a total value of 10.63 billion RMB, with year-on-year increases of 8.14% and 11.34%, respectively. By adhering to green and high-quality development and maintaining the "clean tea" baseline, as well as persisting in science and technology innovation for mechanized management, intelligent processing, and digital blending in tea gardens, the "friend circle" of the Douyun Maojian brand has continued to expand. The Douyun Maojian tea is accelerating its "exit from the mountains and seas." On August 4th, Marco Bertona, Executive Chairman of the International Slow Tea Alliance and President of the Italian Tea and Herbal Association, evaluated Douyun Maojian tea at the "7th China Tea Import and Export Trade Annual Conference & Douyun Maojian Tea Conference" in 2024. Photo by Qi Jian, Xinhua News Agency. According to information obtained at the "7th China Tea Import and Export Trade Annual Conference & Douyun Maojian Tea Conference" held in Douyun, Guizhou, on August 4th, the annual processing capacity of tea processing enterprises in Qiannan Prefecture currently…

Leopard-skin-like tree trunks, arm-thick branches, and scattered blossoms among the tea leaves... Recently, on several ancient eagle tea trees in Wuxi, Chongqing, tea flowers have bloomed, clear and delicate.It is said that the eagle tea comes from the evergreen tree Alseodaphne semicarpifolia of the Lauraceae family, with very hard seed shells. According to legend, the seeds need to be swallowed by eagles, and after the shell is softened by stomach acid and excreted, they can germinate, hence the name "eagle tea." In Wuxi, there are more than 50,000 mu (about 3,333 hectares) of eagle tea planted, including ten eagle tea trees that are a thousand years old and 2,500 eagle tea trees over a hundred years old. Image of an ancient eagle tea tree. Photo by Wang Qiang, courtesy of Xinhua News Agency. Image of tourists admiring the ancient tree. Photo by Wang Qiang, courtesy of Xinhua News Agency. Image of tea flowers on the tree. Photo by Wang Qiang, courtesy of Xinhua News Agency. Image of an ancient eagle tea tree. Photo by Wang Qiang, courtesy of Xinhua News Agency. Image of tourists admiring the tea flowers. Photo by Wang Qiang, courtesy of Xinhua News Agency. Image of tea…