Tea Harvest

Tea – The Affordable Indulgence

By A.C. Cargill
Living the tea life can get a bit costly. (Have you shopped for fine teas lately?) On top of that, the economy is tough. Lots of people have either had their work hours (and pay) scaled back or were let go altogether. Time to economize and trim something from your budget. But what? [...]

Tea Harvest

In Asia, harvesting tea is traditionally a woman’s job. The speed, small motor dexterity, delicate gestures and patience of women are considered essential for gaining the highest yield from a crop. The women gather from the top of the plants and toss the leaves into the baskets strapped to their backs.

The tea bush produces [...]

Smoked Tea

When tealeaves are gathered there are four main factors that affect the quality of the tea that they produce. They are the following:

Where the tea is grown.
The season the tealeaves are picked.
What part of the tea plant is picked.
How the tealeaves are processed.

Generally there are three harvesting seasons for tea plants. They are spring, summer [...]

Tea – The Affordable Indulgence

Tea Harvest

Smoked Tea

Types of Tea