Secret to making China's West Lake Longjing tea

STORY: Secret to making China's West Lake Longjing tea DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHENG MENGYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of tea-making process 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FAN SHENGHUA, West Lake Longjing tea maker STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHENG MENGYU, Xinhua correspondent "West Lake Longjing tea is characterized by its green color, delicate aroma, mellow taste and beautiful shape. Here in Hangzhou, I'm visiting a tea maker to find out the secret of its fragrance." Longjing tea, also known as West Lake Dragon Well tea, tops the list of the 10 most famous tea in China. Fan Shenghua is a provincial-level inheritor of Longjing tea picking and making techniques. He entered the career 47 years ago, starting with frying tea leaves. After decades of exploration, Fan has developed a "Tai Chi approach" to making Longjing tea. Fan said there is a set of very strict standards for the picking of West Lake Longjing tea