Thailand

Tea from Thailand – Ancient traditions, a young industry

Tea from Thailand tells a remarkable story: a country where hill tribes have been chewing fermented tea leaves for generations, while just a few kilometers away, world-class oolong is being produced. In the north, between the misty slopes of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, tea fields barely thirty years old grow alongside forests where tea trees have stood for centuries.

The modern industry only emerged in the 1980s, when Chinese refugees, Taiwanese expertise and a royal agricultural project came together on hillsides where opium had been cultivated shortly before. Today, artisanal production centers around Doi Mae Salong, where floral oolongs and fruity green teas are crafted at elevations up to 1,400 meters.

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