TeaBuy Korea 2018 : Into the Mist and Our Offerings
TeaBuy Korea is a project of Morning Crane Tea A Tea Producer's Tale: This Korean winter has been quite cold and harsh. As I have done for many years for my grandmother, now as owner, it remains my responsibility to tend to the leaves. On this early April morning there is a calm in the cold crisp air. The light has not yet begun to break over the ridge of the mountain. I select a warm jacket and step outside. It is still quite dark and the mist is so thick I wonder if the light will ever break through. I have met this mist before as it has greeted me on many of these early April mornings before the first pick. "How far will I be able to see this morning?", I wonder. The path to the tea field can be steep and treacherous. I also know this mountain well and have climbed it many times in the early morning like this. Today the trip is not to pick the leaves but simply to walk among them to inspect the damages of winter and access the work that needs to be