Part 5a How tea is made or CTC black tea is made in Charleston Tea Plantation. This will be in 2 parts because I believe it is important to see the process. Please excuse the fuzzy pictures, it is hard to take pictures with glass in the way, especially the first few pictures until I found a better way to take the pictures.
Processing fresh tea leaves.
Withering
Only other places in the US that have tea plantations are Hawaii and starting some in Oregon, but they are very new.
About to be Crushing, Tearing & Curling (CTC)
Crushing, Tearing & Curling (CTC)
CTC to Oxidizing, see above picture for detail of the bottom right
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