A member of the post-1990 generation has found fortune in tea mixing in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province.
Wu Wei, a young woman from Quzhou who is fascinated by tea, decided to give up her stable job and open a Taobao tea shop online in 2016.
She mixes various kinds of tea together or with fruits in different proportion to make tea with a variety of tastes and functions.
Wu studies each kind of tea and information from the international flower and fruit tea industry each day.
To promote a new product, Wu will test hundreds of recipes. She once tasted 50 cups of tea to ensure the quality of one batch.
Sales from her teashop on Taobao reached 8 million yuan ($1.19 million) in 2018, up from 3 million yuan in 2017, and 2019 is expected to reach 10 million, Wu said.
Wu Wei mixes tea with different proportions of tea, flowers and fruit in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 1, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Wu Wei tastes tea in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 1, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Wu Wei picks tea in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, on April 1, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Wu Wei sorts tea with a staff member in Ningbo. [Photo/IC]
Wu Wei communicates with a client. [Photo/IC]
Wu Wei looks out on a tea plantation. [Photo/IC]
