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The area surrounding Nanping is dotted with tea plantations, bamboo forests, and traditional villages, making it ideal for travelers who enjoy a slower pace of life and natural scenery.
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by infusion of hot or boiling fresh water with fresh or cured leaves of Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to East Asia that originated in the borderlands of southwestern China, northeast India and northern Myanmar. Tea has a stimulant effect in humans primarily due to its caffeine content.