On Apr 16, 2:10 am, "magicleaf" > wrote:
> I can imagine that this is a serious issue. I am on my way to fujian
> ti Xiamen, any suggestions on where to see some good scenery I am
> interested in taking some hi quality photos for my web site, I noticed
> the organic field has a tonne of spiders crawling over the leaves cob
> webs were everywhere.

I don't want to sound demeaning at all when I ask this, but can you
speak any Chinese? Are you going on tour with a translator or a group
or something. Regardless the case, since you are a foreigner, they
will be sure to show you the best possible conditions and try to prove
to you that they are doing a bang-up job in hopes you will buy tea
from them. Like me, I walk into a tea plantation talking to the guys
letting them know I am only on a research mission and I don't intend
to drop cash on their doorstep, and the treatment is 100 percent
different. They will then let their guard down, and they don't care
what you see.

I had an incident similar to your experiences in Sichuan, where they
do have alot of 100 percent organic teas. After a night of drinking
with one of the owners of a plantation near Ya'an somewhere, the guy
flat out admitted to me that he only produces a very, very small
amount of truly organic tea and the rest is doctored up during the
processing. To be honest, tea that has not been colored is not so
pretty to look at.

Anyway, I am glad you folks actually believe in the inherent goodness
in China. After living here for 3 years and seeing the things that
I've seen, I am willing to believe my friend when he said, "There is
NO truly organic product IN CHINA; at all."

Good luck.