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following our visit to the coffee plantation,
we are now invited several days
in a tea plantation near Ooty, at Coonoor in the Tamil Nadu.
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Like the coffee, the tea need altitude and hill, but not especially shade.
The hills are totally recovered by tea plants which look like vine plants.
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We let the tea grow around 15 days. The young leaves can be cut.
The tea crop is also done manualy...
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The leaves croped are brough to the factory...they are cooked, ventilated,
sorted, rolled.
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Nagaraj, thank you for your hospitality !!!
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