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taste it we go to Longjing Imperial Tea taste. Afterwards she buys a few packets of
Garden, which attracts many people with its tea to take back to England.
beauty and refreshing fragrance. As soon “This place is stunning, Frank” Russie says,
as we arrive, we see a few women in the tea “Now I understand why it attracts so many
plantation hand-picking the tea leaves. visitors, who want to escape from the noisy
We notice there are many tourists around and polluted cities.”
taking photos of the beautifully-arranged “Yes, teacher, my family is planning a
tea trees and skilful tea-makers. It is holiday here this summer and I can’t wait to
amazing that these people do everything by come back again and enjoy the tasty local
hand, from picking the leaves to roasting cuisine”.
them. It’s almost 6 pm and I remember that we
“It must be hard work to pick the leaves, need to go back to West Lake because we
Frank”, Russie turns to me. “This place have booked tickets for the show
reminds me of the strawberry fields back in “Impression West Lake”. Luckily the journey
Kent, where I live, and how difficult and takes about half an hour and we arrive on
back-breaking the work is there.” time. We quickly take our seats and wait
Since I don’t like tea I am not too keen on impatiently. We had read some reviews
drinking some but Russie decides to have a which describe the show as “incredible” and
cup and enjoys its rich aroma and soothing “spectacular”.
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