date:Dec 31, 2013
ourselves, Qiu says. Even visitors to Wuyuan who wanted to take tea home as gifts were only allowed to take 1 kilogram, Qiu says.
It was an easy time for Wuyuan because tea growers did not have to worry about marketing. However, after the reform and opening-up began, growers did not know how to deal with the open market, says Hong Peng, president of Jiangxi Wuyuan Dazhangshan Organic Food Co Ltd.
Hong says that lack of a brand weakened Wuyuan green tea's competitiveness as it went up against