avril 23, 2010

A clever trick to ensure a quality tea harvest

Posted in Country : India, Tea plant by François-Xavier Delmas | Tags : bamboo, Country : India, harvest, Nilgiri, shoots of tea, Tea, tea leaf, tea leaves, Tea plantation, tea plantations, tea pluckers

On some tea plantations, they use a long bamboo stick to ensure a quality harvest. This photo taken in the Nilgiri (India) shows how it is used: the plucker has placed it in front of her and only takes the shoots that extend beyond it. This prevents the plucking of the previous season’s leaves, which are tougher and don’t produce good tea.

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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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