The cultivation of "tea", which enjoys the leaves of perennials, differs from the cultivation of other agricultural products.
First of all, by removing foreign matter in the soil and applying fertilizer, it becomes the foundation of the growing environmentSoil careWe will do it.
In addition, seedlings are grown and planted to replace old trees, and they are managed for many years until they grow into adult trees that can be harvested.
Adult trees that have grown to the point where they can be harvested will also need to trim their branches so that they do not grow too large.
In addition to such steady work, the work of picking new shoots begins in early summer every year.
This is the well-known tea picking of new tea (Ichibancha), but after doing this, new shoots will sprout again without taking a breath.
In this way, the second, third, and fourth teas will be picked until autumn, but so far we are only talking about the cultivation of growing tea leaves.
plucked fresh leaves must immediately go into processing,When the picking of new tea begins→ production → picking→ production, picking, etc.
There will be no time to rest。
The production of black tea requires unique processes such as wilting, kneading, and fermentation.Even in the busy picking processIn these processesWe don't cut corners.
We use the time-consuming old-fashioned method to make black tea, and continue to preserve the taste of the past, which was widely loved throughout Japan.