From dazzling night markets to lush bamboo forests, 800 year old tea trees to close encounters with elephants, this tropical city in southwest China has everything, and is where the story of tea begins.

Come get soaked at the Dai people's New Year celebrations! All this before hiking through an actual rainforest. We're going to need all the good tea and food we can get!

Tianran and Hannah climb Mount Huangshan, one of China's most famous mountains, sampling its delicate green tea and the rich flavors of Anhui cuisine, and explore the regions's ancient villages and lush bamboo forests.

The hosts enjoy a cup of Queen Elizabeth II's favorite tea, as well as the oldest tea to be exported Europe, and get hands on with quirky local delicacies.

From making and eating zongzi rice dumplings to trying local street food, the hosts take part in the festivities before exploring the world of white tea.

Tianran and Hannah enjoy tea ceremony on a bamboo raft, feast on everything from smoked goose to lotus seed soup, and explore an ancient town that once sold tea to Russia.

From West Lake to delicate Dragon Well tea, our hosts experience must-do attractions, savouring the local cuisine and trying everything from winter melon shaped like pork belly, to food cooked according to Traditional Chinese Medicine principles.

Tianran and Hannah continue their tea-tasting journey along Hangzhou's Qiantang River, exploring the region's historical culture and culinary delights.

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Tianran and Hannah try tea grown on Danxia landforms and feast on mountain produce, before getting hands-on with making rice noodles in a Hakka walled village.