Origins & Terroir

Fuding's Tea Gardens Cover Under a Fifth of the Land

The UN's FAO recognized Fuding's tea country as a global agricultural heritage site, and its numbers show the tea gardens cover under a fifth of the land, beside more than 120 other agricultural species.

A Lab Can Sort Real Fuding From a Lookalike. No Shop Does.

Near-infrared light told Fuding-grown bai mudan from the rest of Fujian's 97.96 percent of the time in a 2023 study. What reaches the shelf instead is a QR code, which checks the seller's record rather than the leaf.