Tea plants are like you. In hot weather, they appreciate a refreshing mist. The tea plant belongs to the Camellia family. These plants like water, as long as it doesn’t sit around their roots. This means that tea plants feel at home on sloping ground, preferably in mountainous regions with a warm, humid climate. On flat ground, they require drainage.
7 August 2015
In some countries, tea plants require cover. It depends on the climate. Strong sunshine dries out the ground, whereas tea plants love humidity. In addition, tea plants don’t like wind….
26 October 2012
Oxidation is an important stage in the process of making black tea. It is not very easy to photograph as it consists of spreading out the tea on sheets in…
20 September 2011
There were many victims of Sunday’s earthquake in Sikkim, including in the city of Darjeeling, less than 100km from the epicentre. Naturally, my heart goes out to the victims of…
8 June 2010
I don’t know which means of transportation you took to get to work this morning. As for me, I didn’t really feel like walking that day. It had just poured…
