https://helloteacup.com A Tea Blog, Expert Tea Guides Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:16:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/helloteacup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/helloteacup.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://helloteacup.com 32 32 125389065 https://helloteacup.com/2015/02/17/tea-production-in-china-tea-growing-regions/ https://helloteacup.com/2015/02/17/tea-production-in-china-tea-growing-regions/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:51:11 +0000 http://helloteacup.com/?p=1788 China is the largest tea producing country in the world. In fact, many regions in China produce tea from the most southern Hainan island province all the way up the more northern Shandong province. China is not only the largest producer of tea, but also the largest consumer: On the average, each person steeps about 0.57kg of tea leaves a year. Multiply that by its 1.4 billion population, and you can imagine that’s a lot of tea. When asking the question: Which tea regions and provinces in China produce tea? You might as well ask which areas aren’t producing. In fact, more than 20 provinces in China actually produce tea to some extent, though there’s a large differences in total output per province. Most of tea is grown in the South-Western and South-Eastern part of […]

The post China’s 4 Famous Tea Growing/Producing Regions first appeared on Hello Tea Cup.]]> https://helloteacup.com/2015/02/17/tea-production-in-china-tea-growing-regions/feed/ 1 1788 https://helloteacup.com/2015/02/17/tea-growing-conditions/ https://helloteacup.com/2015/02/17/tea-growing-conditions/#respond Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:14:04 +0000 http://helloteacup.com/?p=1776 All types of leaf teas are processed using the Camellia Sinenses tea plant and there are certain environmental factors that make a region suitable for growing tea trees or tea plants. Please note that the conditions described below are only valid for growing Camellia Sinenses. Thus it does not apply to other types of plants that might be used for herbal teas (tisanes). Tea Growing Conditions Generally the Camellia Sinenses plant demonstrate a strong capability to adapt to a wide range of environmental conditions: An annual average temperature of 15-25 degrees Celsius No significant period of frost Moderate to evenly distributed rainfall of above 1,000 mm per year Annual average humidity of 70-80% Mountain area; hillsides with loose soil with good drainage Soil PH value of 4.5 to 6.5 The map below shows which areas […]

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