Originally posted by rod_grant A Japanese green tea company has established a processing plant in Wangaratta, (Vic Au) and has contracted growers from around the region.
The Growers are dispersed to endure harvesting occurs sequentially rather than all at once.
A number of growers are in the Mount Beauty (elevation 366 metres) and Tawonga (elevation 330 metres) which are both much less than your quoted 1260 metres.
Perhaps green tea doesn't have the same requirements as other teas.
The teas I wrote about are from places like A Li Shan, Chi Tou in the mountains of Taiwan. The best teas (green or oolong) sell for prices about USD2000 per kg. The
Australian Financial Review had an article about that in the early 2000's that said that even at that price they represent much better value than the high price French wine when measured in $/litre of drinkable fluid.
Tea and pineapple cake (a shortbread shell filled with a pineapple preparation) are the standard gifts of official and semi-official Taiwanese delegations. It will always be premium examples.
Japanese green teas are very different than Taiwanese - notwithstanding the Taiwan was a Japanese colony from the 1895 Treaty of Shimonseki until 1945.
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Originally posted by Racer X 69 A major portion of the state is higher than that. Wyoming too.
Unfortunately for Colorado and Wyoming, the summer is too hot. The 1260m elevation in mountains along the tropic line is actually very cool and rainy, great conditions for the tea plant