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Monday, May 09, 2011

Taiwan Tea Tour - Alishan

Tea pickers picking fresh Alishan




This spring has been colder and longer than usual, so the tea is being picked later in the season. When we went up to Alishan, we were very lucky with the weather and were able to pick tea as soon as we arrived. We had a great time picking tea with the tea pickers and had a simple lesson from one of them, who showed us what to pick and where to pick. It was fun for the tour members to be on Alishan, learning from the tea pickers and tea makers about famous high mountain tea. Some of tea leaves turned into a dish that we ate. Those deep fried tea leaves were delicious!


Tomorrow I will have an update with some photos of the tea making process.




We have fun picking tea together






The tea that we picked...lots of hard work





Delicious fried tea leaves

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