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SUMMARY:Tea Harvest Thenmala
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LOCATION:Thenmala Tea Estate\, Thenmala\, Kollam\, Kerala\, 691308
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URL:https://app.eventifyplus.com/event/tea-harvest-thenmala
DESCRIPTION:Tea Harvest Thenmala is listed as a seasonal agro and farm expe
 rience at Thenmala in Kollam district\, Kerala. The listing uses the place
  name Thenmala Tea Estate and the line “participate in tea plucking\,”
  with September to December given as the season. Public maps for this list
 ing open on Thenmala town\, PIN 691308. Thenmala is the foothill settlemen
 t on the Kollam–Sengottai road\, known as India’s first planned ecotou
 rism destination. The Malayalam name means honey hill. The planned visit i
 s organised around Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary\, the Parappar Dam on the
  Kallada\, and separate culture\, leisure\, and adventure zones\, includin
 g a butterfly safari. None of those published facilities is a tea-plucking
  programme.\n\nTea is the young leaf of Camellia sinensis\, grown as a wai
 st-high bush so that pluckers can work the top of the plant. Plucking usua
 lly begins when a bush is about three years old. The standard fine shoot i
 s two open leaves and an unopened bud. Taking coarser leaf raises the weig
 ht in the basket and changes the cup. In South India the bushes are plucke
 d through the year. During March to May the round is often about once a we
 ek. In other months the gap is commonly ten to fourteen days. September to
  December therefore falls in the wider-interval part of the year. On this 
 listing that range is a directory window\, not a published harvest festiva
 l.\n\nAfter plucking\, the leaf has to reach a factory while it is still f
 resh. For black tea the leaf is withered so that it…\n\nEvent page: http
 s://app.eventifyplus.com/event/tea-harvest-thenmala
CATEGORIES:Agro & Farm Experiences
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