Tea Picking in Guilin

Guilin, a world-famous tourist city in China, boasts the most famous karst landform in China with the rolling mountains and clear water. In Guilin, you can take the Li River Cruise, stroll around West Street, climb the Elephant Trunk Hill, experience bamboo rafting on the Yulong River and pick tea at the Tea Science Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Guilin.

At the Tea Science Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Guilin, you can learn about the tea knowledge, tea history and tea culture. And you can also experience tea picking in the large and lush tea garden in Guilin.
 

Where to Pick Tea in Guilin: Guilin Tea Science Research Institute

Location: No. 17 Jinji Road, Qixing District, Guilin, Guangxi, China(桂林市七星区金鸡路17号)

Guilin Tea Science Research Institute, also known as Tea Science Research Institute of Guangxi Autonomous Region, is located at the foot of Yaoshan Mountain(尧山). Established in 1965, Tea Science Research Institute of Guangxi Autonomous Region(also known as Guilin Tea Science Research Institute) is a public welfare scientific research institution directly under the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangxi Autonomous Region, and it is the only public welfare tea professional research institution in Guangxi. The main responsibilities of Guilin Tea Science Research Institute are collection and preservation of tea trees resources, identification and evaluation, variety breeding, tea cultivation management, pest control, tea processing, new tea product development and other aspects according to the needs of Guangxi tea industry.

Guilin Tea Science Research Institute
 

Why choose Guilin Tea Science Research Institute?

Guilin Tea Science Research Institute(广西壮族自治区茶叶科学研究所) is a professional tea science and research institute in Guangxi and China. Guilin Tea Science Research Institute has advanced research level of characteristic green tea processing, black tea processing, fragrant tea processing and Liubao tea processing technology. It has tea biochemical detection and analysis laboratory, tea variety breeding center and tea processing experimental factory.
 

Highlights of Guilin Tea Science Research Institute

Experience Tea Culture

At Guilin Tea Science Research Institute, you can experience tea culture and learn tea knowledge with your kids, which is interesting. You can observe the shape and color of the tea leaves and smell the flavour of the tea leaves. At this course, children will not feel boring and like to join the course of learning.
 

Pick Tea Leaves

Picking tea leaves is the most important activity and experience at the tea garden at Guilin Tea Science Research Institute. And children will be interested in joining this activity. You can choose basket carried on back and learn how to pick tea leaves. While picking tea leaves, you can take photos with the lush tea trees. It will be an impressive experience with your kids.

Fry the Tea Leaves

At the Guilin Tea Science Research Institute, you can also experience frying the tea leaves. During this process, you will know about the whole process of frying the tea leaves. You can experience the each step of making tea leaves. During this process, you learn about the process of tea leaves making as well as experience the joy of making tea leaves.

Know about the art of tea making

Learning the art of tea making, you can know how to make tea. Different tea leaves have different ways of making tea, and you can learn the knowledge of tea making.
 

Best Time to Pick Tea in Guilin

The best time to pick tea leaves depends on the types of the tea leaves. Generally speaking, the best time to pick tea leaves is spring, and from 7:00-13:00. The tea leaves picked in spring is with best quality. And it is not recommended to pick tea leaves in rainy days.
 

Tips for Picking Tea Leaves in Guilin

1. Please prepare for useful things to prevent the biting from mosquitoes, like wearing long sleeves and long pants or using toilet water.

2. Some areas in the Guilin Tea Science Research Institute are protected areas, which are forbidden to enter.

3. You can pick tea leaves at the Guilin Tea Science Research Institute after you get the permission of the institute.

4. Please protect the tea trees and the environment of the Guilin Tea Science Research Institute.