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.

Pu'er leaves ready for water
Pu’er leaves ready for water

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.

Tea Tree
Tea Tree
Pu'er leaves ready for water
Pu’er leaves ready for water

Akha

Akha Swing Festival:

Akha Song:

Akha Dance:

Putting on the traditional Loimi Akha clothing:

The Akha and Tea:

"Rich Man, Pu'er Man," Photo Courtesy Chen Haining—Xinhua/Zuma Press

“Rich Man, Pu’er Man,” Photo Courtesy Chen Haining—Xinhua/Zuma Press

Grower: The Li Family Tea Maker: Li Shu Lin (Mr. Li) Location: Duoyi Village on Nannuo Mountain - Menghai District of Xishuangbanna - Yunnan Province, China

Yikeshu Tea Farm

Harvesting in a forest tea-garden PHOTOGRAPH: SELENA AHMED

“A Cup of Diversity“

Adoption

Q&A Discussion with Jenna Cook, Jenni Lee, and Director Linda Goldstein

Jenni Lee TED Talk

China’s Lost Girls

Articles

Image of Jenna Cook pasting an article to a wall. | A 'Lost' Daughter Speaks | Chutian Metropolis Daily

“A ‘Lost’ Daughter Speaks, and All of China Listens.” Photo Courtesy of Chutian Metropolis Daily

A girl walks with her grandmother at a market in Beijing November 25, 2013. Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS. Courtesy of Newsweek.

“One Child Policy is One Big Problem for China.” Photo Courtesy of Newsweek

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

“Health Benefits of Tea?”

“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.