Visit a tea plantation

“Carrying these huge baskets, we were instructed to pick the top two-three leaves (as they would give a fresher taste than older leaves). Tea-picking is surprisingly hard work with a lot of time spent searching for the right leaves to pick and fending off mosquitos. Repellant would have been a good idea to wear, especially since, unlike many other farms, Uncle Lin’s is organic.”

“By the time we finished, I felt like I had raised something amazing to be cherished and shared with loved ones. The taste was quite unlike anything I have had before with a freshness that I can’t imagine coming from generally produced tea.”

“Our day started with a short tour of the tea plantation where rubber, coconut, cinnamon and pepper are also produced. We then went into the factory where the machines have been salvaged from other factories that had closed down and had a great vintage feel to them. Some machines are over 145 years old. [...] We had such a wonderful day trying all the different teas and learning all about tea production. The guides and pickers were so passionate about their jobs I will never look at the humble tea bag in the same way.”