Panda tea: one of the world’s most expensive; A kilogram of the tea goes for an average of US$70,000

March 13, 2013 Leave a comment

Panda tea: one of the world’s most expensive

Staff Reporter

2013-03-13

Mengdingshan, a mountain in southwest China’s Sichuan province, boldly claims to be the origin of the world’s tea culture. The mountain’s excellent environment has produced teas of the highest quality, sipped by the country’s emperors (and now presidents) since the Tang Dynasty. Panda tea, a kind of tea that grow on soil fertilized with panda dung, is one of the world’s most expensive tea leaves. A kilogram of the tea goes for an average of 440,000 yuan (US$70,000), reports state-run news agency Xinhua.

C309N0160H_2013資料照片_N71_copy1Children harvest tea leaves in panda costumes in Mengdingshan, Sichuan province. (Photo/CNS)

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