The Laoshan Green Tea Processing Technique is the most recognized in Qingdao, and it has been listed as a Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage item. [Photo by Wang Haibin/Guanhai News]

An employee dries the freshly picked tea leaves at a plantation in Laoshan district, Qingdao. [Photo by Wang Haibin/Guanhai News]

The tea industry increases local farmers' incomes in Laoshan district, Qingdao. [Photo by Wang Haibin/Guanhai News]