Our tea comes from a Chinese tea plantation located in a frost-free misty hillside away from pesticide-sprayed agricultural crops, industrial pollutants, and automobile discharges. Growth conditions favor the maximum production of the natural health ingredients in the tea leaves. To preserve the health ingredients, the tea leaves must be processed at the plantation. The major steps are to heat-inactivate the polyphenol oxidase without destroying the EGCG in the tea leaves, and package the tea leaves under vacuum with nitrogen refills. Here you see the plantation from the water, and the island which is only accessible via boat.
