Tea

In China's tea plantation women are given the job of picking tea leaves by hand because their fingers are suitable for the plucking. I know this sounds a bit maddening, however, I am not surprised at all of this fact. Chinese women have very small hands. Have you ever been at a Chinese nail salon, sweetheart? They have the perfect tiny fingers and fingernails, that's why they're so good at it. The leaves are very delicate, of the tea I mean, therefore requiring more precision when picking. The best quality leaves are located at the top of the shoot and they are called the spearhead. The other leaves on the shoot are called the flags. Very interesting right? Who would ever think of this? Calling them spearheads and flags. I mean, were talking about a plant here after all, silly, am I right? The flags, as I was saying are considered the lower quality tea. White tea comes from the top of the shoot, in another words this is the highest creation of God, the top tea comes from here.  Green tea comes from the first flags and black tea from the other leaves on the plant. It sounds like this is a very tedious job, right friends? Also sun times is of greater importance in the tea industry, because if you pick them before 7:00 am it will yield the best tea and after sunset.