Kunming, 27 Oct (Xinhua) -- In an ancient tea garden of thousands of acres in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Shi Yunkun invited experts to test the local soil, water sources and air quality in order to register his tea with an exclusive "identity card code."
Shi Yunkun, 60, is a native of Yunnan. In 2014, Shi Yunkun stumbled upon a primeval forest covered with ancient tea trees in Xishuangbanna, and he contracted this tea forest from local villagers to start cultivating "organic tea". In the same year, he established Nanwan Ancient Tree Tea Industry Co., Ltd. and led 36 local farmers to increase their income.
Villagers pick tea in a tea garden contracted by Shi Yunkun. Courtesy of respondents
For Shi Yunkun, the quality of tea can not only rely on word of mouth to judge, but also be recognized by authoritative institutions. "With quality recognition, tea lovers at home and abroad will recognize our Yunnan Pu'er tea more, so as to understand the local good ecological environment and the efforts made in protecting the ecology."
Shi Yunkun introduced that organic tea is a kind of tea produced and processed according to the method of organic agriculture, which is a pure natural tea with zero pollution and zero pesticide residues.
In terms of tea plantation maintenance, he tried to maintain the original wild state of the tea garden. "Strictly in accordance with the organic food management system for the management of tea gardens, give play to the natural control ability of the primary forest to ancient tea trees, do not use pesticides, insecticides, irrigation water sources from natural rainfall."
Shi Yunkun introduced ancient tree tea products at the 14th China International Organic Food Expo. Courtesy of respondents
While carefully maintaining the tea garden, Shi Yunkun also pays attention to ecological protection. "We will remind villagers not to harm other animals and plants, and to maintain a good tea garden is to maintain the living environment of all animals and plants and ensure good biodiversity in the rainforest."
In terms of tea making, in accordance with the traditional Pu'er tea making process, in accordance with the standards of organic products, he implemented the quality system and operating procedures for picking, primary production, processing, guarantee and sales, and established a special line for the processing and production of organic ancient tree tea.
In 2015, Shi Yunkun's tea products obtained the organic product certification certificate issued by the China Green Huaxia Organic Food Certification Center; in 2017, it obtained the EU organic food certification; in the same year, the company became a member of the Japan Organic and Natural Food Association.
Nowadays, Shi Yunkun has an "ID card code" printed on each product, and consumers can scan the code to trace all the information of the product on the national authoritative platform. His company has also designed a variety of tea gift boxes with Yunnan regional customs and ethnic embroidery elements.
"Our products have been sold to Japan, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and other countries. With quality certification, it is easier to open up foreign market channels. Shi Yunkun said, "I hope that more and more people in more and more countries can taste high-quality Pu'er tea, meet friends with tea, and understand Chinese culture through Chinese Pu'er tea." ”