TEA PLUCKING

Bảo Lộc, Vietnam, 2013 - Leica M7, Summilux 35, Kodak Tri-X * Plucking or harvesting tea by hand is picking fresh tea leaves from the tea tree. This sounds very easy, but in reality it is not and dreadfully tiring. There exists four methods to pluck tea which are not only related to the quality, output and economic benefits of tea, but also related to the growth and development of tea trees. The high-quality tea has high requirements for raw materials, tea buds, one tea bud with one leaf, one tea bud with two leaves and etc. Only picking tea by hand allows to reach those requirements. The tea-picking machine is suitable only for making cheap teas.