Farmers pick early spring tea in Dagangtou town, administered by Liandu district – located in Lishui city in East China's Zhejiang province – on Feb 28. This year, Dagangtou town has 1,000 hectares of spring tea fields under cultivation. [Photo/WeChat account: liandufb]

Freshly picked tea leaves from Dagangtou town. The price of early spring tea has risen by more than 10 percent this year and the purchase price for a kilogram of tea leaves these days is around 115 yuan ($18.22) to 120 yuan, according to locals. [Photo/WeChat account: liandufb]