"Smart" Tech Delivers Tea Aroma: Robot Dog Transports Yingde Black Tea, 15kg Each Trip

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On April 7, with the melody of "Oriental Golden Beauty" echoing between the beams and pillars of Hongqi Tea Factory, the 2025 7th Yingde Black Tea First Harvest Season event officially kicked off at Yingde Hongqi Tea Factory.This First Flush Season event was co-hosted by the People's Government of Yingde City and the Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Qingyuan City.

Golden Tips in Bloom: Yingde Black Tea Ushers in the First Harvest of Spring

It is understood that Yingde black tea is famous for its "rich, mellow, sweet, and aromatic" characteristics.The first spring tea of Yingde black tea is the most precious tea bud of the year. After a winter of precipitation, the tea tree has accumulated a lot of nutrients. At this time, the tea buds are fat and full, with dense golden tips, and the tea leaves contain rich substances. The black tea made has a sharper fragrance and a sweeter taste.

In recent years, major tea companies have actively embraced the consumption wave of the times, using Yingde black tea as raw materials to launch innovative products such as desserts, skin care products, and drinks. Products such as lychee black tea, bamboo leaf tea, golden flower black tea, and Yingde black tea facial masks also made wonderful appearances at the venue.

"Smart" Tech Delivers Tea Aroma:Yingde Black Tea Industry Moves Toward Innovation

In the Yingde Tea Science and Technology Innovation Achievements Exhibition Area, a cute "robot dog" walked steadily with a unique pace and a full tea basket, attracting tourists to stop and watch.

"This 'robot dog' can currently carry a single load of nearly 15 kilograms and climb a slope of more than 15 degrees, which can improve the overall efficiency of tea picking." According to Wu Qingshang, office director and party branch secretary of Yingde Yingzhou Black Tea Co., Ltd., the upgraded "robot dog" can also become a "tour guide" in the tea garden to explain black tea knowledge to tourists. "We are building agricultural, cultural and tourism technology projects. In the future, Yingde Tea Garden will not only be a tea garden, but also an immersive tea culture experience space and display window."

At present, the city has built 11 scientific and technological innovation platforms and developed more than 30 related patents, using continuous scientific and technological power to safeguard the high-quality development of Yingde's black tea industry.