Ten Processing Steps to Serving Tea

Thursday, September 17, 2009

It is just amazing to know how a small bag of tea we put in a cup in front of us needs a long process to be served. It all starts from the plantations where millions of tea plants are cultivated. Once, the tea leaves are ready for pluck, groups of young to middle-aged women swarm around the vast plantation ready to pick up the young leaves of the tea.


Here are the all processes go on:

1. A perfect shoot, ready to be plucked


2. Plucking / Harvesting


3. Withering


4. Rolling



5. Drying



6. Sorting


7. Packing



8. Bulk Tea


9. Packaging


10. Serving
* Credit to PTPN

Indonesian Tea

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Among many tea products in the world, Indonesian tea has its unique taste, flavor and character. In Indonesia, tea is one of the major commodities managed by state-owned enterprise of PTP. This enterprise manages vast tea plantations which are scattered throughout the country, more specifically in Java island. All the tea plantations are located in high land of hilly areas.