FOUNDER'S MESSAGE
My tea journey started from an abandoned tea factory in Yuanyang, Yunnan. Although we have since received numerous certifications from rebuilding the factory to the production of award winning teas, the main motivation that keeps me going is the thought of helping the villagers get out of the poverty cycle. To achieve this goal, we need to continuously improve the quality of the tea leaves while maintaining the natural ecosystem. My dream is to let people from all over the world have a chance to savour the organic tea in Yuanyang along with a chance to do hands-on work from harvesting to processing the tea leaves. Only then will individuals realize how much effort is needed to produce tea, from field to cup.
The Hani people worshipped every mountain, every river, every tree and even every stone. Our terraces preserved the purity and harmony between man and nature. Here, there is no hustle and bustle of city life, only clean air and lush forests. Our wish is for everyone to savour clean organic tea as we firmly believe that such tea can foster our deep connection to the earth and remind us of our original aspiration.
The tea leaves from Yunnan are known as big leaves tea. While these tea leaves from Yuanyang are top quality tea leaves with high nutritional value, little is known about them outside the county. We spent a lot of time doing research, data collection and statistical analysis. Looking at the current tea industry in Honghe Prefecture, we believe that only standardization can help Yuanyang tea more widely recognised in the world and help new farmers establish tea picking and processing standards. Thus, we started off building our brand name by setting up a tea cultural centre. By integrating leisure, travel, hands on experience and dietotherapy using both online and offline platforms, our business model is formed.
This is how Terraces Story opened up a new chapter in the development of Honghe tea industry with a brand new online platform, tea plantation visit, international tea exhibition and discovery tour. We hope you will like our tea culture museum as well as the green products that we will slowly introduce to the world!