Focus - Bitter taste of climate change: Drought diminishes China's tea yields, alters flavour - FRANCE 24 English

Bitter taste of climate change: Drought diminishes China's tea yields, alters flavour - Focus

Bitter taste of climate change: Drought diminishes China's tea yields, alters flavour

Issued on:

Climate change is disrupting China’s tea industry. The country is the world's leading producer of tea leaves, but this year, spring harvests fell by 20%, according to official figures. What’s more, the taste of the national beverage is also changing – the consequences of last summer’s drought. Lou Kisiela, Antoine Morel, Yan Chen and Yena Lee bring us this report from Hangzhou, China.