New Year Tea !! Pan fried tea

 I made pan fried tea at Sudo farm at Sagamihara, Kanagawa.
This tea trees was native in this area.
This year, these trees were damaged by frost.
Then we picked tea leaves !!

 

 

 At this area, tea trees were planted for the border thier life.

 

 

 The farmers live together nature.
This tree is mulberry.

 

 And leaf-rolling weevils.

 

 

 We picked tea leaves.

 

 Native leaves were different shapes.

 

 Tea leaves fried with the pan.

 

 Then tea leaves were rubed to out moisture.

Then tea leaves were fried and rubed again.

 

 Pan fried tea leaves !!

 

 Thank you for all.