The low sun illuminates these bags filled with freshly plucked tea leaves, creating a contrasting effect of light and shadow. The men work quickly, emptying the bags and spreading the leaves out on withering trays, so that there is no risk of them fermenting.
In some regions of Sri Lanka, tea is harvested at this time of year.
29 April 2016
From the time the tea leaves are harvested to the moment they reach the factory for processing, they must not be allowed to start fermenting, as this could spoil the…
18 June 2010
Tea can be difficult to transport when the ground slopes. I already talked to you about it a few weeks ago, I explained how the horse could be a precious…
30 July 2010
In the south of Sri Lanka, tea is mostly grown by individual farmers who cultivate their own land. They sell the tea leaves just after the harvest, as they don’t…
5 February 2010
Let’s get back to our little seed of the tea plant. Once the grower has selected the good seeds, he buries them in plastic propagating bags filled with soil and…
Hello, I’m a frequent reader of your blog! I happened to be in Badulla and Nuwara Eliya region just this week. The Northeast monsoon brought a lot of rain to the hills, and affected much of the tea harvesting in Uva, Nuwara Eliya and Kandy. So I’m just curious, and also pleased to know that you are in Sri Lanka now too.