In 1978, a young beautiful girl from Britain crossed half the planet to participate in China's first Canton Fair. She first set foot on Chinese soil, her beautiful eyes were full of joy and also sense of loss. She is Wandai.
After graduating from school she had been doing tea business. But still she was shocked to see the variety and the complicated tea culture in China.
She could not tell the genre of tea and also had no idea of how to brew each kind of tea. She felt "Chinese tea is a totally strange thing."
However, Wandai was fascinated with tea in China. At that time, she commuted between Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan and other provinces and cities to learn more about different kinds of tea.
Gradually, Wandai turned into an expert in Chinese tea. Not only did she know the difference between each type of tea, but also had a better idea on the tea culture in China.
In 1980, Wandai made the first tea trade business in Shanghai as an exporter. She felt that there would be barriers for trade, but no national boundaries for cultural exchanges, and tea trade is a form of culture exchange.
In recent years, Wandai keeps doing tea. At the same time, she is more enthusiastic about the cultural exchanges between the two sides. She hopes that more and better tea from China can be recommended to Britain. In her opinion, if the British people learn the extensive culture behind Chinese tea, they will fall in love with Chinese, just as she did.
Wandai also encourages British people to visit China to experience the unique tea culture. Bruce, a tea expert, whose grandfather ran a tea business back in 1828, was brought to China. Later Bruce took his daughter to China and said he wanted his daughter to learn the Chinese tea culture, and grow to be a tea ambassador in the future, just like Wandai, the messenger of culture.
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