Van Chan Organic Farmers / North Vietnam
Van Chan Organic Farmers Club, Van Chan County, Yen Bai Province, North Vietnam
Smallholder Project for collection of wild ‚camellia Sinensis‘ leaf. Villages: Suoi Bu, Suoi Giang, Nam Lanh, Phin Ho, Suoi Quyen Certified
Organic by CCU
Fairtrade certified by FLO-cert
A project established in the beginnings of 2000 to enable the ethnic minorities of the H‘mong and Dao to make a living without growing Poppy Flowers for Opium. The project was started by the late Jaap Brands who spent nearly 30 years in Vietnam after the war to help the country to recover. Cha Dô got involved in 2004 and after a couple of trials we succeeded in developing production standards for black as well as green tea. Later we also tried some white teas and are looking into some high quality grades. Sustainable prices and the Fairtrade premiums have enabled the villages to built community houses, schools, cretches and bring electricity to the houses of their people. Van Chan teas are harvested from wild growing tea treas in the Rainforests. No cultivation is involved in the growing. They are significantly higher in flavour as the Polyphenol content of the fresh leaf is nearly douple as high as of a plantation leaf.
Nam Lanh OP
Black tea leaf grade with a deep red cup, strong malty flavor. Does not tend to bitter, even if brewed strongly.
Phinh Ho Jade
Green tea leaf grade, very tippy. Light green-yellowish cup. Slightly astringent with very fruity character.
Da Zhang Shan / Jiangxi / P.R. China
Da Zhang Shan Organic Farmers Association, Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province, P.R.China
Smallholders and medium farms, based on the traditional chinese tea farming concept
Certified Organic by BCS
Fairtrade certified by FLO-cert
One of the first organic tea projects in China and the first to get a Fairtrade certification. App. 800 ha. of tea fields with an annual crop of 600-700 to. of made tea. Definitely the most reliable source for nearly all standard grades of Chinese teas. The co-operation with the Da Zhang Shan Organic Farmers Association started 1997 and ever since we have been able to develope the sales of these teas. Today Da Zhang Shan is one of the most advanced organic teaprojects in China, farming with regular inputs of certified organic fertilizers, high standard of machine hervesting and clean, state of the art factories guaranty a high quality produce. The flowers for the Jasmine tea are sources from own certified organic farms in Jiangxi and Guangxi province.
Zhen Mei / Chun Mee
All grades including Fannings
Zhou Cha / Gunpowder
All grades including Fannings
Moli Hua Cha/ Jasmin Tea
All grades including Fannings
Gong Fu Cha / Congou Tea
All grades including Fannings
Seogwang / Jeju-Do / South Korea
Janwong Tea Industries Jeju-Do
Industrial tea farm
Certified organic by CCU
Our ‚High Tech‘ source on Jeju island near the Japanese island of Kyushu. App. 600 ha of certified organic tea and 3 factories. This is actually a very advanced ‚Japanese‘ tea project. Equiped with state of the art machinery from Japan for harvesting as well as processing. Own labs in the factories regularly check the quality of the soil and microbiology as well as possible cross-contamination of pesticide through surrounding agriculture. In this source the leaf is never touched by hand, everything is done by machines. Maybe still an unsual idea but this is definitely the future of tea growing. The quality of these teas is outstanding as this leaf is processed just a half an hour after beeing remowed from the bush.
Seogwan Green OP
Extremely fresh green tea with sweetisch seaweed flavor
Wu Long
Semi-fermented Wu Long with very complex flavors
Seogwan Sencha
High flavor Sencha in various quality levels
Kazi&Kazi / Panshagarh / Bangladesh
Kazi & Kazi Tea Farm, Panshagarh, Bangladesh
Family owned tea farm
Certified Organic by IMO-India
Fairtrade certified by FLO-cert
A recultivation project of the Kazi family in Bangladesh. Originaly the land was aquired to source gravel for the production of concrete electricity poles. After removing the gravel the land is recultivated with compost and tea bushes are planted. Since 2015 we have started developing quality tea grades which can be placed in the western organic and Fairtrade markets. Panshagarh is the poorhouse of Bangladesh, just some smallholder agriculture no industry or other jobs available. The company also runs a project to fight illitracy of woman and a cow program in which farmer are given cows which they can pay back with the dung, an important basis of the needed compost.
Panshagarh Black OP
Malty and mild black tea
Panshagah Wu Long
Resonable semi-fermented tea for flavoring and blending
Panshagarh Green OP
Panfired green tea with mild elegant flavor
Panshagarh White
Resonable white tea for flavoring and blending
Oothu Tea Estate / Tamil Nadu / South India
Oothu Tea Estate, Singampatti, Tamil Nadu, South India
Corporate Tea Farm
Certified Organic by IMO-India / demeter
Fairtrade certified by FLO-cert
One of the first organic tea farms of the world. Located amidst the forests of the Singampatti wildlife reservation, the late Ricky Muthanna had the vision in 1987 that in such an environment one should try to avoid any kind of agrochemicals. Based on this philosophy the estate was converted to organic and later to bio-dynamic cultivation. South India is usually not a place reknown for quality tea, but teas from Oothu reached levels then unknown from these areas. Black, green and white teas as leaf grades are produced and well accepted in the western speciality markets.
Oothu FOP
Extremely suitable tea for flavoring and blending
Oothu Bai Mu Dan
Good quality white tea from South India
Oothu Green FOP
Very fresh and fruity green tea
Havukal Tea Estate / Nilgiris / South India
Havukal Tea Estate, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, South India
Family owned tea farm
Certified Organic by IMO-India
Fairtrade certified by FLO-cert
Havukal is one of the most advanced tea estates in India. High quality of manufacture in a modern factory with a high level of mechanisation. The philosophie has always been to use as little chemicals as possible. So the step to converting first areas to organics was not far. In 2017 the first fields have received a 100% organic certificate in 2020 larger areas will follow. The focus is presently on producing pan-fired green teas, mainly leaf grades.
Springfield Green OP
Panfired green tea from the Nilgiris, light in color and mellow flavor
Dunsandle Tea Estate / Nilgiris / South India
Dunsandle Tea Estate, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, South India
Corporate Tea Farm
Certified Organic by IMO-India
Fairtrade certified by FLO-cert
The highest tea plantaion in South India. Up to 2200 m above sea level. As a result of the altitude the charcter of the black teas is very similar to the Darjeeling teas. Apart from black tea, we are also processing some white teas and green teas are also a new option.
Dunsandle GFOP
Highgrown black tea with a very ‚Darjeeling’ flavor