Robots revolutionise spring tea harvest in east China - Borneo Post Online

Posted onApril 20, 2025, Sunday at 6:00 AMAn aerial drone photo shows tea farmers picking this year’s first batch of West Lake Longjing tea in Wengjiashan Mountains, the first-class protected area of West Lake Longjing tea base, in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province on March 20, 2025. – Xinhua photoHANGZHOU (April 20): This year’s Longjing tea harvest has been slightly delayed due to a cooler than average spring in east China.However, tea connoisseurs can still look forward to reveling in the aroma of spring tea without much delay, thanks to an innovative addition to the traditional tea-picking workforce, namely robots.Longjing tea, named after the village of Longjing near West Lake in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, is renowned for its lustrous green color, enticing fragrance, mellow taste and beautiful shape.Notably in late 2022, China’s traditional tea-making was inscribed on the Unesco intangible cultural heritage list.Traditionally, the picking of high-quality tea...