In Guilin there is a tea plantation named Liu Sanjie Tea Plantation. It is located between Guilin and the Longji Rice Terraces. We wanted to visit it and see if it was worth adding to our itineraries, so all of us at http://www.accesschinatravel.com/ spent an afternoon there. It certainly was a lot of fun and very beautiful. They produce mainly green teas and have a little tea shop where you can sample them.The entrance to the plantation is quite impressive. It has a couple of
traditional style Chinese buildings which are backed up to a hill. There is a stone gate which leads to a path up the hill which has a gigantic teapot pouring water. There are tea trees on the hill. near the top of the hill is a little pavilion where people can stop to have some tea. From the top of the hill you can look over the plantation and the millions of tea trees it has. The guide will describe a bit 
about Chinese tea and the varities produced. You then continue along the path past tea trees and tea pavilions.You then come upon a round hill that is topped with a pavilion for frying the freshly picked tea leaves. Frying is one of the first step of processing Chinese tea. We then walked around the plantation taking photos. It really is a
beautiful place. After taking photos for a while, we went back down to the entrance to try their teas in their little shop. It was nice to relax a bit after hiking around the plantation.To See more photos of the Liu Sanjie Tea Plantation,
visit our Flickr photo album.
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