无人机也来采茶 Debut for drones in harvest of famous tea leaves

Drones have been used(使用) for the first time to pick(采) Longjing tea(龙井茶), one of China's most famous(出名的) teas, which is also known as West Lake dragon well tea(西湖龙井茶).

The service, initiated by Alibaba's Cainiao ET logistics laboratory, uses unmanned craft to transport(运输) tea leaves(茶叶) from Shifeng Mountain(狮峰山), next to Hangzhou's West Lake(杭州西湖), to the tea frying center in less than(不到) two minutes.

At the center the leaves are spread out in the sun(摊晒) and dried(炒制).

It is the first time drones have been used to transport green tea leaves in March, the traditional picking season(采摘机) for Longjing.

In the past, it took pickers more than(多于) an hour to bring tea leaves down from hillside tea plantations(茶园).

Dating back more than 1,200 years, Longjing tea got its name(得名) from the place where it is grown, Longjing village in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province.

词汇 Words:

[shǐ yòng] 使用 use
[cǎi] 采 pick
[yùn shū] 运输 transport
[chá yè] 茶叶 tea leaves

酒水饮料 drinks:

[chá] 茶 tea
[lóng jǐng chá] 龙井茶 Dragon Well tea
[jú huā chá] 菊花茶 chrysanthemum tea
[hóng chá] 红茶 black tea
[lǜ chá] 绿茶 green tea
[pí jiǔ] 啤酒 beer
[shuǐ] 水 water
[chéng zhī] 橙汁 orange juice
[kā fēi] 咖啡 coffee
[kě lè] 可乐 cola
[hóng pú táo jiǔ] 红葡萄酒 red wine 
[bái pú táo jiǔ] 白葡萄酒 white wine
[gān hóng 干红] dry red wine
[bái jiǔ] 白酒 liquor
[xiāng bīn] 香槟 champagne