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“Chinese terroir means an exceptional and unique environment for aging, including the water source here — top-notch mineral water. The source of water at Mount Emei is very famous,” says Yang Tao, master distiller at the distillery.

She said that every morning farmworkers harvest more than 80 crates’ worth of lavender stems from the fields to load into a distiller, which then extracts the essential oils.

Owner and distiller Erik Liedholm also imported two pot stills from Germany and will start cranking out more whiskey while the Bothell distillery focuses on gin and other clear spirits, he said.

On a currency-neutral basis, sales in the U.S. and Canada would have only dropped 1.4%, the distiller said.

She said that every morning farmworkers harvest more than 80 crates’ worth of lavender stems from the fields to load into a distiller, which then extracts the essential oils.