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FUZHOU, July 2 ( tasteallchina ) -- Josh Adams from San Francisco, California, still fondly remembers visiting his great-grandmother as a child. Every afternoon, she would make a pot of fragrant jasmine tea, saying it had a flavor reminiscent of the jasmine tea from Kuliang in Fuzhou, on the other side of the Pacific. Adams' great-grandparents arrived in China in 1907 to teach agriculture at a vocational school in east China's Fuzhou, now the capital city of Fujian Province. His great-grandfather, Arthur Billing, rose from a teacher to principal, and even sponsored several Chinese students to study in the United States. His great-grandmother was dedicated to educating young women, believing that they also deserved education opportunities. The picturesque Kuliang, located in the eastern suburbs of Fuzhou, is a hillside resort. Since the 1880s, foreign expatriates residing in Fuzhou have built summer villas there, blending cultures and sentiment with local residents. In 1912, the Billing couple also built a single-story villa there. For Adams, the taste of jasmine tea from his childhood is unforgettable. In 2017, he visited Kuliang for the first time, eagerly tasting the local jasmine tea. "That was the memory I had. It was exactly as I was…