欧洲最后的两座茶园
Polly finds one of only two working tea plantations left in Europe, started after disease wiped out the island's orange trees.
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Keep it on your phone →在海边的一片绿色山坡上,茶树一行行整齐地长到海边,看上去像画出来的一样。波莉落在一堵石墙上往外看。这里是欧洲仅剩的两处还在种茶的地方之一,也是唯一可以参观的一处。
这座茶园开始于一八八三年。在那以前,岛上种柑橘,但是一场病害害死了橘树。种植者需要新的作物,于是从外面带来了茶树和英国的老机器。这两样今天还在用,所以这里是欧洲最古老的茶园。
在小小的工厂里,一百多年前的铁机器还在揉茶、烘茶。工人仍然用手采最嫩的叶子,因为嫩叶做出来的茶最好。这里不用农药,这条规矩从一开始就一直遵守。
波莉沿着温暖的一行茶树走。叶子闻起来像雨后的青草。五代茶农照顾着这片山坡,一次收成接着一次收成。
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