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Describe the harvesting of tea.

      

Describe the harvesting of tea.

  

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johnson
- Leaves are picked selectively for the highest quality

- Pluck top two leaves and the bud

- Use a plucking stick to maintain the plucking table

- Pluck at 5 – 7 days intervals in rains and 10 – 14 days in dry periods/ cold
period.

- Put plucked tea in woven baskets to facilitate air circulation/prevent
fermentation

- Do not compress the leaves in these baskets to prevent heating up/browning.

- Put plucked tea in cool and shaded place

- Deliver to the factory on the same day
johnson mwenjera answered the question on December 6, 2017 at 12:37


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