Step Inside The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Welcome to the world of Lisa See’s The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. View photos, learn about the process of making tea, and much more.
Tea
Follow the journey of tea, from mountain to cup. For more information about tea cultivation and other tea practices, visit Bana Tea Company.
For a list of tea houses where you can try pu’er, click here.
Akha
Akha Swing Festival:
Akha Song:
Akha Dance:
Putting on the traditional Loimi Akha clothing:
Adoption
Q&A Discussion with Jenna Cook, Jenni Lee, and Director Linda Goldstein
Jenni Lee TED Talk
China’s Lost Girls
Articles
“A ‘Lost’ Daughter Speaks, and All of China Listens.” Photo Courtesy of Chutian Metropolis Daily
“One Child Policy is One Big Problem for China.” Photo Courtesy of Newsweek
Videos
The following is from a series of videos made by Jinghong Zhang to accompany her book Puer Tea: Ancient Caravans and Urban Chic.
Lisa’s Tea Trip
Here are photos from Lisa’s 2014 trip to China to research The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.
More about tea!
A Tea Story: Travelling to Nannuo Mountain
Interview with Dr. Selena Ahmed from GoKunming.
Photo Courtesy of Yang Yahan
“Tea Sommeliers are the Hot New Thing in Food Pairing.”
Photo Courtesy of Kathy YL Chan for NPR
The Tea Horse Road.
Photo courtesy of Confucius Magazine.