Can you use your feet in tea processing?

Barefoot treading on tea leaves is a traditional tea-making method, which is mainly used for the primary processing of tea leaves, including enzyme fixation, rolling and so on. Although this approach has its unique advantages, it also has some disadvantages, as follows:

1. Tea taste impact: The quality and taste of tea will be affected by factors such as the temperature and humidity of human feet, which will easily affect the quality of tea and make the taste of tea bad.

2. Hygiene problems: People's feet stepping on tea leaves will involve hygiene problems, and bacteria and dirt on their feet may be transmitted to tea leaves, affecting the quality.

3. High work intensity: stepping on tea leaves with your feet requires continuous manual stepping, which has a high work intensity and has a certain impact on workers' health.

4. Low production efficiency: Because people need to step on their feet constantly, the production efficiency is low and the output of tea is relatively low.

To sum up, although barefoot tea is a traditional processing method, it is no longer common in modern tea processing industry, because mechanized processing can improve work efficiency and ensure the consistency of sanitary quality and taste.