avril 20, 2010

Tea pluckers harvest tea leaves with bamboo sticks

Posted in Country : India, Tea plant by François-Xavier Delmas | Tags : bamboo, Country : India, Darjeeling, Namring, Tea, tea bud, tea buds, tea harvest, tea leaf, tea leaves, Tea plant, tea pluckers, tea plucking, tea tree

When you harvest the tea leaves, you must take great care to pick the right parts. Only the tea bud and the two adjacent leaves give you true quality. Sometimes, to prevent the tea pluckers from taking too much off, they are given a short piece of bamboo. This helps them pick just the right length of shoot and is a reminder of the standards of excellence required (like here at the Namring Tea Estate, Darjeeling, India).

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François-Xavier Delmas is a passionate globetrotter. He’s been touring the world’s tea plantations for more than 20 years in search of the finest teas. As the founder of Le Palais des Thés, he believes that travelling is all about discovering world cultures. From Darjeeling to Shizuoka, from Taiwan to the Golden Triangle, he invites you to follow his trips as well as share his experiences and emotions.

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