Black Tea Leaf Picking and Processing

Do you know Black tea in Japan is 99% imported. Domestic produced black tea is under 1%. But fortunately here in Toyama, black tea leaf is produced, although the amount is a little 😊.
Toyama has 2 tea leaf farms, one is in Asahi-machi, the other is on Kureha hill.
I was very impressed when I drank it for the first time. Luckily, I could get to know the head of “Toyama Tea Society”, Ms. Kadoshima, and I asked her whether we could experience tea leaf picking as our group activity.
She offered us this workshop held in Asahimachi, which is held every summer once a year there.
In this workshop, we learnt and watched the process from the 1st step (picking raw tea leaf from the farm), to the final step ( we enjoyed tasting the completed black tea)!! It was really amazing time!! 

1: Picking tea leaf
2. Remove moisture from the leaves
3. Oxidation, Fermentation
4. Drying
5. Tasting

 

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