In fact, this herb cost more than 30 times its weight in gold, about $ 1,400 an ounce – more than $ 10,000 for the amount of a teapot. Is one of the most expensive teas in the world.
The collection is made, inter alia, in the area of Wuyishan in south China, a region famous for tea for centuries. Each Da Hong Pao comes from the small number of “ancestral” plants, and from these is produced the rare and coveted authentic cup of tea. In addition, the rain that falls from the gorges and floods the narrow rivers of the mountains, flowing waterfalls and is rich in minerals that affect the taste of the tea.
“It’s so expensive because it left very few of the original plants,” explains the tea master Xiangning Wu, “the oldest is precious, almost priceless.” According to the BBC’s so special about this kind of and so scarce in authentic form, there are special “brokers” who mediate for a mint collectors tea who want to enjoy it.
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Tea of a value of 28,000 dollars.
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