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| A worker sifts through tea leaves in Meitan county, one of the major tea-producing areas in Guizhou province. (Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily) |
On hearing this, not a word was spoken for six minutes as stomachs were replenished.
Our thanks were accepted graciously as the plates were cleared. We had been recipients of a kindness to strangers. Outside, darkness had finally overcome its inhibitions and descended, ushering in a time for reflection.
For days we had been traveling through the highs and lows of Guizhou province. Its fertile soil struggles to produce on mountainous terrain, but when given a chance on the horizontal it can provide a vertical harvest for the imagination. Nothing, it seems, is beyond its capability. The usual suspects, broccoli and corn, are joined by delicate leaves for tea, tobacco and chilies to jump-start the synapses.
This is Guizhou tea country. If in doubt, look to the heavens where a laser beam cuts across the clouds from a giant teapot that dominates the skyline of Meitan town in Zunyi.
Tea, especially green tea, is growing in popularity; you could say it's a top pick.
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