{"id":11229,"date":"2020-09-03T13:12:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T13:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chacamelia.com\/project\/a-nossa-producao\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T09:33:20","slug":"our-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chacamelia.com\/en\/about-us\/our-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Our production"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making tea is an art. Did you know that from the leaves of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) you can produce green tea, white tea, yellow tea, red tea, black tea and Oolong? Ch\u00e1 Cam\u00e9lia, which has a strong connection with the Japanese tea culture, is mainly dedicated to the production of high quality green tea. Our key objective is to work the whole leaves, very gently by hand, to release the delicate and complex aromas.<\/p>\n

Kintsugi Ch\u00e1 Organic<\/a>
\nGreen tea made from the first Spring time leaves, 100% manual process<\/small><\/h3>\n

Our Kintsugi tea refers to the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of the breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, making the piece even more valuable. On our journey back from Japan, the iron bowl, produced for the production of tea, broke. This had been offered to us by our Japanese partners, the Morimoto family. When I got back to Portugal, we managed to have this precious bowl repaired, making it even more precious. This tea has been made from the first harvest, picked 100% by hand and made in the Kintsugi bowl. It delivers elegant and delicate aromas, which perfectly express the freshness and brightness of Spring.<\/p>\n

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    Manual harvesting of the bud and the first two leaves<\/div> <\/div>
    Steaming of the leaves<\/div> <\/div>
    First drying of the leaves at a very high temperature<\/div> <\/div>
    Cooling of the leaves<\/div> <\/div>
    Hand rolling<\/div> <\/div>
    Second drying at a more moderate temperature<\/div> <\/div>
    Final drying<\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/a><\/a><\/div>\n

    Nosso Ch\u00e1 Organic<\/a>
    \nArtisanal green tea from the first Spring harvest<\/small><\/h3>\n

    Nosso Ch\u00e1 is the result of the first harvest of green tea in continental Portugal. Our tea plantation is situated in what is known as \u201cthe land of the camellias\u201d on the coast of Northern Portugal and is the first of its kind in this location. Ch\u00e1 Cam\u00e9lia uses only organic, artisanal production methods. Nosso Ch\u00e1 is picked by hand and processed in an Asian style. This whole-leaf tea with its complex and fresh flavours allows for multiple infusions.<\/p>\n