Lipton to sell Guizhou tea globally

Lipton plans to sell tea bags containing black and green tea produced in Zunyi, Guizhou province, nationwide and later worldwide, marking the first time it has used purely Zunyi-produced tea.

Lipton, a tea brand under consumer goods giant Unilever PLC, launched the new product in Guiyang, capital of the province, this week, and the company plans to start selling it in July.

Guizhou is expected to provide 50 metric tons of raw tea annually to Lipton, and the tea bags will be made in Lipton's manufacturing base in Huangshan, Anhui province, the company said.