[時事討論] Cultivated with panda poo, this tea costs $45000

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A Chinese entrepreneur is convinced he has found the key ingredient for producing the world's most expensive tea - panda poo./ u( C1 Q" N* _3 U; q. Z, b6 H
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  Mr An Yanshi, a former calligraphy teacher, purchased 11 tonnes of waste from a panda breeding centre to fertilise a tea crop in the mountains of Sichuan province in south-western China, home to the black and white bears.5.39.217.76; ], {2 @& ]  {; f. @% A- `# _: ]) C3 k
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  He intends to harvest the first batch of tea leaves this spring and it will be the "world's most expensive tea" at almost 220,000 yuan (S$45,000) for 500g.
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: Y/ z# K3 `% Z7 \. z* b* X9 N" `+ Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  Chinese tea drinkers regard the first batch of tea to be harvested in early spring as the best, and successive batches, regarded as inferior, will sell for about 20,000 yuan.
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$ {( x5 _$ c% I6 Y/ G# E5.39.217.76  Mr An, 41, who is so passionate about his new project that he dressed in a panda suit for his interview with Agence France-Presse, has been ridiculed by some in China for his extravagant claims of the potential health benefits of the tea.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, l, m% m" ^! r0 [) q

0 s4 Z1 u* |' o9 C% _- {  But he insists he is dead serious, saying he quit his job at Sichuan University to throw himself "heart and soul" into his company, Panda Tea, whose logo features a smiling panda wearing a bow-tie and holding a steaming glass of green tea.9 |$ [+ t" T) o  s. `6 `" t, \

- t, t4 F( _9 S, H( U公仔箱論壇  While he hopes to make money from the tea, which he has planted on just over 1ha of land, his main mission is to convince the world to protect the environment and replace chemical fertilisers with animal waste.
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2 y/ o. n) `0 B+ ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  "Panda dung is rich in nutrients... and should be much better than chemical fertilisers," Mr An said, as he sat at a traditional Chinese tea table drinking tea grown with cow manure.# [3 [, _# q+ A* D) a9 X

& p- V4 p/ e  ?公仔箱論壇  The tea aficionado was inspired after going to a seminar last year where he discovered that the bears absorbed less than 30 per cent of the bamboo they consumed, excreting the remaining 70 per cent.公仔箱論壇- Y5 F& |+ a9 [
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  His claim that the green tea will help people lose weight and protect them from radiation has been ridiculed by some Chinese Web users, who have expressed doubts about the health benefits and the high asking price for the tea.
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  But Mr An is so convinced Panda Tea will be a hit that he has patented the idea to prevent competitors from stealing it.