Just catching up with a visit we made to a tea plantation and processing plant while we were at Ooty. In among the tea trees you will see some tall trees which are Silver Oak which absorb water during the rainy season and slowly releases it during the dryer months to aid irrigation. Once ready the tea leaves are then picked by the ladies who have more dexterous fingers for this type of work while the men transport the leaves to the processing plant. After the drying process the leaves go through various processes to produce the desired product. All tea, whether Black, White, Assam, Green, etc all comes from the same tree, it is only the process that determines the type.
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