Episode2: Great Tea Road Retracing·Harmony

Hannah Carter, an American working in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, is a tea fan who grew up drinking a variety of teas since childhood. In the autumn and winter of 2024, she retraced the Great Tea Road of China, exploring the stories and legends about Chinese tea culture.

Have you read this poem by Turkish poet Hikmet, "in the fragrance of Chinese tea, I found the fragrance of spring?" The poem is speaking about Keemun black tea - "the Queen of black tea" .

The second stop of our journey along the Great Tea Road is the hometown of Keemun black tea - Qimen county in Anhui province. With the special fragrance named "Keemun fragrance", Keemun black tea was very popular in Britain in the 19th century.