Tea harvest
The pickers follow the rule “two leaves and a bud”
The pickers follow the rule “two leaves and a bud”, because the younger the leaves, the higher the quality of the tea. Experienced pickers collect between 20 and 30 kilograms of tea leaves per day, which yields about 5 to 7 kilograms of black tea.
Picking intervals
The picking intervals must be controlled carefully.
The time required for new harvestable shoots to grow depends on the type of harvesting and fertilisation and the climate. In tropical and sub-tropical growing regions, leaves can be picked every 10 to 14 days.
When picking begins, attention must be paid to the different growing rhythms of the individual buds, and to the fact that there are always sprouts of different maturities at picking height. Harvesting by hand allows the pickers to differentiate between the different stages of maturity. Because of this, the high costs associated with harvesting by hand at a plantation (roughly 44% of the total costs) are accepted for good teas to ensure a much higher level of quality.
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