STORY: Overseas students learn changes in tea roasting
SHOOTING TIME: April 8, 2024
DATELINE: April 20, 2024
LENGTH: 0:02:47
LOCATION: YANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the tour
2. various of soundbites

STORYLINE:

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Hello, everyone. We all are foreigners from Yangzhou University. Today I was invited by Zhang Chen, my friend, and was invited for his tea plantation. Let's go!"

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Hello, Good morning. Welcome. It's been a long time.
Today is the first day to pick tea leaves. Let's take a tour around the tea plantation.
See, the workers are picking tea leaves over there. Would you like to have a try by yourselves?
Hi, Moli."

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MOLI, Tea master
"Hi, welcome to our tea plantation."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Can you tell us the standard of picking tea (leaves)?"

SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): MOLI, Tea master
"High-quality Lyuyangchun green tea is defined by the standard of one bud with one leaf. Fresh leaves should be 1.8 to 2.5 cm long. The processed tea leaves should be around 1 cm long."

SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Hey guys, how many tea leaves do you think you could pick each day?"

SOUNDBITE 7 (English): AMMNA KHAN, Pakistani student from Yangzhou University
"I think we could easily pick like 2.5 kg."

SOUNDBITE 8 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Yeah, but it could only be processed into about 0.5 kg of the final product."

SOUNDBITE 9 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Just 0.5 kg!"

SOUNDBITE 10 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Shall we go and look at the process of stir-drying tea?"

SOUNDBITE 11 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Sure. Let's go."

SOUNDBITE 12 (English): AMMNA KHAN, Pakistani student from Yangzhou University
"Emm. I can already smell the tea fragrance."

SOUNDBITE 13 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Me, too. I can smell the tea. Actually, it's so wonderful."

SOUNDBITE 14 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"That's right! Stir-drying tea leaves is not only a technique but also a kind of art.
Each step needs to be precisely controlled to produce the best tea leaves."

SOUNDBITE 15 (English): TABBAKH NAJWA, Moroccan student from Yangzhou University
"Is this method still in use now?"

SOUNDBITE 16 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"This is the traditional method of stir-drying tea leaves. We retain the ancestral craftsmanship, but also incorporate modern technology.
We're one of the earliest to do such a fully-electrified production line here.
At that time, the local power supply company of State Grid strongly promoted electric tea-making equipment as a replacement.
We were the first to "eat crabs."

SOUNDBITE 17 (Chinese): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"'Eating crabs?' Isn't it about a kind of tea?"

SOUNDBITE 18 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"'Eating crabs' means being the first to adopt this technology. After we applied the fully-electrified tea-making equipment, our electricity demand saw a sharp increase. The State Grid workers also helped us improve the power supply capacity of the power line."

SOUNDBITE 19 (English): AMMNA KHAN, Pakistani student from Yangzhou University
"It smells so good."

SOUNDBITE 20 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Wow, it smells so nice. Thank you, Zhang Chen. Today you not only feasted our eyes, but also let us experience in person."

SOUNDBITE 21 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Actually it wasn't like this when I was young. This place was surrounded by tea plantations. There were a lot of tea farmers. Every family would plant tea, and produce tea with the traditional wok. During the peak season, the whole area would be shrouded in smoke. Now, all tea production processes have been powered by machines. We have integrated economic development with ecological conservation, striving for harmonious progress."

SOUNDBITE 22 (English): TABBAKH NAJWA, Moroccan student from Yangzhou University
"That's very nice."

SOUNDBITE 23 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Thank you, Zhang Chen, for opening the door for us to the tea. Today's experience has been really amazing!"

SOUNDBITE 24 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Thank you very much for your appreciation and recognition."

SOUNDBITE 25 (English): OROUYE DAVYS, Beninese student from Yangzhou University
"Today's tour of Chinese tea culture has made me feel one way that what impresses me most is that the tea has been processed by electricity.
The clean and efficient production method has endowed green tea with unique charm."

SOUNDBITE 26 (Chinese): ZHANG CHEN, Manager of Yangzhou Juyuanchun Tea Co., Ltd.
"Is tea picking fun?"

SOUNDBITE 27 (Chinese): Students from Yangzhou University
"Quite interesting."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangzhou, China.
(XHTV)