Tea bags
Originally uploaded by gaikokujinkyofusho.
Ok, i didn't get in all the shots i should have but at this stage of tea processing the following happens.
#1 The people (usually the women) wear the above baskets on thier backs (kinda, there is a strap that is usually balanced on thier heads, not sure how to explain it) and pick the younger tea leaves from the tea bushes in their tea fields.
#2 They bring thier baskets of tea to the nearest collection point.
#3 At the collection point they dump thier tea in a pile and an agent (inspector?) comes by to see if the tea is acceptable (mainly to see if there are any stems with one or more leaves on it)
#4 Once inspected they re-gather the leaves into these canvas bags (which is not really canvas but a fiber from a large aloe looking plant whose name escapes me)
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