Chen Guochang, head of the Fangcun Tea Dealers 'Association, says that China began exporting jasmine tea in the 1970s because that was what the leaders in the north enjoyed. Although Fangcun didn't grow tea, it grew flowers and soon became home to 120-some jasmine tea processors.
廣州市芳村南方茶葉商會會長陳國昌指出，從 1970 年代開始，全中國依著北方領導們的口味搞茉莉花茶出口，芳村是花地，早期不採茶，只摘花，有一百二十多家茉莉花茶加工廠。