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The Rock in Rock Tea May Not Be Where the Flavor Comes From
A 2025 study went looking for what makes Wuyi's priciest rock-zone tea taste different and found soil minerals alone could not explain it. The strongest match was a lichen-forming, rock-weathering fungus and a photosynthesizing bacterium, and even the scientists who found them will not call it proven.
Jul 24, 2026 →