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Live: Discover tea plantation on 'roof of the world' in Xizang
Live: Discover tea plantation on 'roof of the world' in Xizang

Located at an altitude of over 2,200 meters in Bomi County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Yigong is one of the highest tea plantations in the world. A majority of workers here are Tibetans. Yigong produces a strong fermented "brick tea" that is used to make perhaps the region's most popular drink – butter tea. Let's visit the tea plantation.

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Live: Discover tea plantation on 'roof of the world' in Xizang

Located at an altitude of over 2,200 meters in Bomi County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Yigong is one of the highest tea plantations in the world. A majority of workers here are Tibetans. Yigong produces a strong fermented "brick tea" that is used to make perhaps the region's most popular drink – butter tea. Let's visit the tea plantation.