Page Three: Some Korean Green Tea Products from Jiri-san's Hwagye-dong Valley |
Picking and drying tea is very hard work for the women who do it every April, but the resulting products are highly-appreciated. |
Dongsan-cha (Jakseol grade) |
Yejeon-cha (Sejak grade) |
The Okro [Jade Dew] Company Oldest Extant Tea-Producer in the Hwagye-dong Valley |
Okro-nokcha (Ujeon grade, deluxe set) |
Drinking nectar in May 2007 with tea-master Mr. Hong So-sul, the Owner of Okro-nokcha Company and the first man to restart picking and packaging Hwagye-dong's wild green tea in a modern way, in the 1960s |
"Maekpa Un-am Yasaeng-Cha" --powdered green tea |
Jukro-nokcha and San-nokcha |
Ilwol-Oak-do motif on a Jukro-nokcha shopping-bag |
On many of the boxes shown below, I have deliberately displayed the origin and contact info (phone #s, websites) so that you can contact them as-desired. This is just a fraction of the tea-artisans working in the Hwagye Valley... |
Gwan-hyang dawon, a gourmet producer even within this rarefied context |
the richly-designed packaging is an integral aspect of Korean green tea culture |
"Hadong Nokcha" -- a generic label used by many small producers |
Jiri-dawon -- Exquisite Wisdom Tea Farm |
U-meong-cha |
Sanhyo-cha -- Mountain-Filial Tea |