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Da Hong Pao, the most expensive tea in the world, is grown in flooded rice paddies.

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Da Hong Pao is grown in rock crevices in the Wuyi Mountains of China. The original bushes are over 350 years old and produce only a few kilograms per year. The price can exceed 1 million euros per kilogram.

Source: National Geographic

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