Monkey-picked Tea

By Miss Cellania in Food & Drink on Sep 11, 2009 at 12:23 pm

You can buy tea that has been picked from the bush in China by monkeys! The idea is that the rare and delicious strain of wild tea grows on steep hillsides that humans cannot reach. From the product page:

Legend has it that monkeys were first used to collect tea ten centuries ago, because upon seeing it’s master trying to reach some tea growing wild on a mountain face, the monkey climbed up the steep face and collected the tea growing there and brought it down to his master.

Monkey-picked tea is now harvested in only one small village in China. Link -via the Presurfer


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  1. Robert
    Sep 11th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

    I’m surprised that this myth still gets repeated. Despite what people say, the tea is not actually picked by monkeys. This blog has the best explanation, since it links to a few possible origins for the myth:
    http://pencilandleaf.blogspot.com/2009/03/leaf-of-day-of-myth-and-monk ey-tea.html

  2. chantastic
    Sep 12th, 2009 at 12:10 am

    And Lucky Charms cereal comes from rainbows created by leprechauns…

  3. Steve67
    Sep 16th, 2009 at 11:21 pm

    These monkeys aren’t all that smart. Don’t they know that the real money is in marketing?

  4. Steve67
    Sep 16th, 2009 at 11:22 pm

    Don’t these monkeys know that the REAL money is in marketing?

  5. teamom
    Oct 16th, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Whatever happened to truth in advertising?


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