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In June 2008, I went on a two and a half week tour of mainland China. One of the cities I visited was Hangzhou, a city famous for its beautiful scenery as well as Longjing tea. One of the sights we saw in Hangzhou was a Longjing tea plantation. Say what you like about tea (I personally love it, I’m not a coffee fan), but even the non-tea lovers I was traveling with loved visiting the plantation. There’s so much work that goes into making Longjing tea, from growing and cultivating the leaves to the pan-frying process that leads to the finished product. It’s really delicious too, they gave us all a cup of Longjing during the tour and even though I burned my tongue on the hot tea, I really enjoyed it.

While touring the plantation, I saw this teapot sitting in the middle of the water, acting the way a fountain usually would when sitting in a body of water. I thought it was a really nifty idea for a tea plantation. Of course the only fitting thing to use as a fountain would be a teapot when the whole plantation is about the processes involved in growing and selling tea!