Growing and Harvesting

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization recently recognized three sites in China as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. These three regions included an ancient tea-producing area in Anxi county in…

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Sri Lankan tea pickers’ dreams shattered by economic crisis

May 19, 2022

On a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush, throwing them over her shoulder into an open basket on her back. After…

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Tea gardens help villagers brew a success story

May 12, 2022

A worker (left) picks leaves in a tea garden in Maona, a Li ethnic village (right) in the city of Wuzhishan, South China’s Hainan province. [Photo/Xinhua] At the break of dawn,…

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Japan Photo Journal: Traditional new tea leaf picking underway in Aichi Pref

May 5, 2022

Women clad in traditional “kasuri” dyed fabric clothes pick new tea leaves in the central Japan city of Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, on May 2, 2022. New tea leaf picking began…

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View of tea garden in China’s Hubei

May 3, 2022

Aerial photo taken on April 26, 2022 shows the view of a tea garden in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China’s Hubei Province. (Photo by Yang Shunpi/Xinhua)…

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Tour guides offered tea picking jobs

April 25, 2022

With many tour guides struggling to make ends meet, the Huangshan Association of Tour Guides released a statement last week suggesting them to take up temporary jobs. And despite travel…

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Lao villagers enjoy better lives through Chinese tea

April 18, 2022

There are only 800 people in the village that is home to the planation, and before the garden opened more than half of them lived in poverty. After the 36…

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Terraced tea garden breathes new life into Chinese village

April 14, 2022

Ascending the stone steps of a terraced tea garden, Fang Dongyu, 68, is busy picking fresh tea leaves with other villagers as the harvest season of spring tea has started.…

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Farmers harvest tea leaves in Shanglin, Guangxi

April 13, 2022

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea garden in Shanglin County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 30, 2022…

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Handpicks Leaves From 1,000-Year-Old Terroir In China

April 7, 2022

Founded By Tea Expert Shunan Teng, Tea Drunk Preserves China’s Historic, Native Plants Nestled throughout rural China, secret wild tea trees (from when now-defunct villages cultivated trees centuries ago) house…

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Making a fortune from tea leaves

March 21, 2022

The family of Mr. To Van Khiem, 52, Head of Khe Coc village in Tuc Tranh commune, Thai Nguyen province, makes thousands of USD per kilogram of processed tea by…

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This Shizuoka glamping site has it all: gym, pool and a tea field with Mt Fuji view

February 21, 2022

This could just be one of the most complete glamping facilities in Japan A new glamping site is opening in the heart of Shizuoka, a prefecture responsible for producing up to 40…

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The centuries-old tea forest

February 3, 2022

Visiting the thousand-year-old Snow Shan tea “elder” Mr. Dang Van Chung, Chairman of Cao Bo commune People’s Committee (Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province), welcomed us with a pot of…

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Farmers struggling with drought won’t give up: Not for all the tea in Taiwan

November 1, 2021

Extreme weather experienced in Taiwan over the last two years is forcing tea farmers to find creative ways to keep their crops alive. After surviving a once-in-a-century drought, tea plantations…

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First Belgian tea hits supermarket shelves

October 25, 2021

The first tea made in Belgium is now on supermarket shelves in Delhaize and Bio-Planet. The tea has been cultivated by Raf Rombouts from Loenhout (in the province of Antwerp…

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Tea-Licious

October 11, 2021

Australians love a cuppa – popping the kettle on and sitting down with a nice cup of tea is a daily ritual for many, with over 16 million kilos of tea consumed in…

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Turkey: tea harvesting

September 20, 2021

In the territories bordering the Black Sea in Turkey, tea is harvested three times a year, in May, July and September. A photo-reportage Çay (tea) is the most popular drink…

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Pakistan to pursue tea plantation on commercial scale

September 13, 2021

While pursuing tea plantations on a commercial scale, the government of Pakistan has decided to cultivate tea on an area of about 25,000 acres over the next five years. “This year we…

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Man Vs Machine: Thousands Lose Jobs As Kenyan Tea Plantations Adopt Tea Plucking Machines

September 10, 2021

For years, the major tea farms in the region campaigned to substitute manual with mechanized labor in their tea plucking operations, which they said is cheaper and more efficient. However,…

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Biodiversity and historical developments in the tea industry

September 9, 2021

In its history of more than 2,500 years, Sri Lanka has been colonised by three European nations from the 16th century onwards; the Portuguese, Dutch, and British. The British, who…

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Ancient tea-producing area in China recognized as agricultural heritage

Sri Lankan tea pickers’ dreams shattered by economic crisis

Tea gardens help villagers brew a success story

Japan Photo Journal: Traditional new tea leaf picking underway in Aichi Pref

View of tea garden in China’s Hubei

Tour guides offered tea picking jobs

Lao villagers enjoy better lives through Chinese tea

Terraced tea garden breathes new life into Chinese village

Farmers harvest tea leaves in Shanglin, Guangxi

Handpicks Leaves From 1,000-Year-Old Terroir In China

Making a fortune from tea leaves

This Shizuoka glamping site has it all: gym, pool and a tea field with Mt Fuji view

The centuries-old tea forest

Farmers struggling with drought won’t give up: Not for all the tea in Taiwan

First Belgian tea hits supermarket shelves

Tea-Licious

Turkey: tea harvesting

Pakistan to pursue tea plantation on commercial scale

Man Vs Machine: Thousands Lose Jobs As Kenyan Tea Plantations Adopt Tea Plucking Machines

Biodiversity and historical developments in the tea industry

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