Discover our passion for tea through short reports on our trips, encounters, tasting sessions, audits and acitivities...
8 o'clock in the morning, daybreak, the atmosphere is still a little misty and we're off to the hills around Grasse. After a few bends on a winding road and a couple of houses, we arrive in the middle of a field of roses whose petals are still covered with morning dew. As we get out of the car, we are swept away by the heady scent of May roses.
This question was launched by the Director of the Fondation Nature et Découvertes when he visited us in 2017. Surprised, we looked at each other but were immediately attracted by the proposal: because this commitment is full of meaning for us in relation to our activity and our products which are oriented towards the organic and respect for the planet.
"My name is Lin Xiao Ping, I'm 52 and I have been harvesting tea for 20 years. I love this work even though it's very hard because I'm lucky to live near the plantations in the village …"
