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Chiang Wei county, in southwest China's Sichuan province is known as the jasmine capital of China.
But in recent weeks, it's in the news for the supply of gardenia flowers, whose prices have at least tripled from their normal levels.
The sharp increase in the price of the fragrant flowers is driven by the country's beverage industry.
Hello, I'm Lai Ming, and this is roundtable today with new hauling and Brighton Yates.
We look at the fierce competition in tea drinks and where that might lead to the consumers preferences.
So Tian Wei County, a small county town where it is known for, well, jasmine tea.
And jasmine is a very, very popular tea drink.
Definitely.
I drink it every day.
Jasmine?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
Well, I'm pretty sure it's jasmine.
The bottle is in chinese letters.
Someone told me it was jasmine tea, but I've been looking for green tea products that I haven't been really able to find that come, like, in a bottle, as opposed to having to brew the tea yourself.
But, yeah, I think jasmine tea has similar qualities to green tea in terms of health benefits.
But, yeah, I drink jasmine tea every day.
Technically speaking, jasmine tea is a type of green tea.
It's just flower scented or fragrant kind of green tea.