{"id":3606,"date":"2025-06-09T08:14:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T08:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2025-06-30T08:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:17:00","slug":"leafing-through-a-tasteful-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/leafing-through-a-tasteful-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Leafing through a tasteful tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The produce of verdant hill terraces are crafted into a beverage synonymous with China<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">China Daily | Updated: 2025-06-07 11:45<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Master tea makers rhythmically shake bamboo trays to release the leaves&#8217; essence, a vital step in making Wuyi rock tea, known for its mineral-rich floral aroma, in Mount Wuyi. [Photo by JIANG KEHONG\/CHEN YING\/QIU RUQUAN\/XINHUA]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u56fe\u72475-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3607\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u56fe\u72475-3.png 600w, https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/\u56fe\u72475-3-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Early summer mist swirls around Mount Wuyi, cradling terraced tea gardens where streams weave through emerald valleys. The UNESCO natural and cultural heritage site in southeastern China&#8217;s Fujian province is the only place in the country where Wuyi rock tea, a variation of oolong tea, is grown. Historical records describe more than 200 types of rock tea produced in the Wuyishan area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At daybreak, pickers move through dewy bushes. Using their thumbs and forefingers, they gently snap tea buds with three to four mature leaves, ensuring optimal flavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Freshly plucked leaves travel swiftly down winding trails. Within hours, these leaves will begin their transformation under the hands of master craftsmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The produce of verdant hill terraces are crafted into a beverage synonymous with China China Daily | Updated: 2025-06-07 11:45 Master tea makers rhythmically shake bamboo trays to release the leaves&#8217; essence, a vital step in making Wuyi rock tea, known for its mineral-rich floral aroma, in Mount Wuyi. [Photo by JIANG KEHONG\/CHEN YING\/QIU RUQUAN\/XINHUA]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/leafing-through-a-tasteful-tradition\/\" class=\"btn frontech-btn\"><span><\/span>Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,3],"tags":[75,73],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3608,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions\/3608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}