Mr Zhengs [First Grade Organic] Gong Mei 2018

Tales of the Tea Trade : Mr Zheng 

Michelle : Extract from our our book Tales of the tea trade :

Mr Zheng is an energetic, charismatic figure with huge energy.  Michelle has been out to meet him twice in the last few years and he always has a story to share, 

Here we share an extract from our our book Tales of the tea trade Mr Zheng : ‘I retired from the army in 2004 and returned to Fuding. I had a vision of starting my own business and I was friends with the boss from an import-export company in Xiamen[....] he suggested that I start in tea – specifically, in organic tea.’ [....] Investing in organic certification for the garden has not been an easy path. It costs a lot of money and it’s hard to convince people it really is organic. All my tea is hand plucked and a lot of people think I am crazy because it involves a lot of work [...] when I drink my own organic tea I can feel confident in the quality. There are many reasons why people should drink Fuding white tea. White tea is one of the six famous teas of China, it has many medicinal uses and China is the true origin of white tea'