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Tea trees of Laos
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The beautiful tea trees of Ban Komaen village in Phongsaly, their story and amazing
diversity. Photos and video of the tea treasures of Laos’ «Lost world»
26 September
People’s planet: Laos.
Alexander Zhiryakov’s photographs taken 2011-2015 in Laos
09 September
Phongsaly young tea trees
In young tea gardens on the green hills of Laos, you encounter something quite special which is not
obvious to the superficial observer. Here is the story about Laotian way to cultivate tea.
24 December
Laos 2012. Photo adventure
This is sort of «no comments» story. No writing, just photos taken
by Timur in Laos 2012 and music by DJ Schyokin. Have a nice trip!
21 November
Our story of making red tea
This story tells how we started experimenting with making red tea. Spending nights by the
dryer, withering and re-withering. Our great expectations and what we finally got.
10 June
Tea and People. People Who Pick Tea Leaves
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At present I visit neighboring villages almost every day in order to buy tea
leaves. I would like to tell you about the people who live there. They pick tea from
trees and then we drink the tea, made from leaves and buds, picked by these people.
We should know the faces of our heroes.
28 March
Big Old Tea Trees in Ban Komen
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In this article I’m going to tell you how we got excellent tea leaves from big old Puerh trees for
the first time. It’s about people, who pick tea leaves, about the tea itself and, of course, about
big old tea trees. You’ll see many photos and not much text here, a lot of smiles and good sunny
mood on the pictures.
19 March
The Story of One Evening
This story tells how we bought a motorcycle, visited a Phongsali Teravada monastery,
enjoyed a sunset in the mountains and more about the unusual events of that evening.
16 March
Different ways of making tea in Phongsali. Part 2. Factory
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In addition to home-based tea production, there is another way of making tea in Phongsali – at the
factory. The two approaches to tea manufacture we describe as either spontaneous or organized.
02 March
A cloud, city market and a walk to Ban Luang Konsouk
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Continue notes on Phongsali and around.
28 February
Different ways of making tea in Phongsali. Part 1. At home
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Many families in Phongsali are involved in tea production on a household basic. How do they make tea
and what is their motive to do so?
26 February
Let’s go!
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Today we began our project to produce the finest quality tea in Laos!
22 February
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