Recent tea travels: an introduction to Chinese tea.

Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, June, 2005 by Dufrene, Barbara

The European Tea Committee, founded in 1960, was located in Rotterdam until 1988. It was then moved to Brussels until 1990, then to Paris until June 2004, and is now in Hamburg.

In December 2003, a delegation of 26, led by the vice-president of the China Chamber of Commerce of Import & Export of Food Stuffs Tea Sub-chamber, Mr. Yang Shengjun, came to visit the ETC offices in Paris to learn more about the EU requirements. They also forwarded extensive data regarding Chinese tea, as follows:

The tea growing areas are divided into four districts:

--The South-West China District: It is the oldest tea growing area of China, producing a lot of varieties, such as black tea, green tea, mocha, and Pu'er tea.

--The South China District: It...

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