Trips

Each month, we explore topics that spark your interest or answer the questions you may have. Today, we're taking a closer look at the world's leading tea-producing countries and the key challenges facing tea production in these regions.

Visite de notre partenaire Notre partenaire Sri Lankais auprès duquel nous nous fournissons en thé et épices pour plusieurs de nos gammes a créé son entreprise en 1993 avec une vision remarquable : celle de réunir les petits producteurs locaux en association, les former, les rendre autonomes, les soutenir, les aider dans leur vie quotidienne et leur acheter les récoltes à prix plus élevés que le marché, en Bio et en commerce équitable. Notre partenaire est précurseur du Fair Trade au Sri...

Portrait n°1 : Inaya Inul Rapthpaha Mirahawatta Meet Inaya, a remarkable 55-year-old woman who lives in the village of Kotakithula in Sri Lanka’s Uva region. Her family and the other women in the village describe her as a visionary, an empathetic and intelligent person who is always looking after others. Her eyes tell so much. They radiate extraordinary kindness. And when our eyes meet, those of two women and two...

Having happily taken over the leadership of Terre d’Oc nearly a year ago and finally being able to travel again after Covid, I was eager to meet our small-scale suppliers in Sri Lanka and visit the tea and spice plantations I had heard so much about.What discoveries, what wonder, what emotions during this trip to Sri Lanka in April 2022, the “Pearl of Asia”, a nickname it truly deserves.While it was a fantastic week filled with breathtaking views stretching from the mountains to the ocean,...

It is already 6 a.m. Marcello finishes his chimarrão, his beloved yerba maté, and gazes out at the forest that provides both his daily infusion and his livelihood. At the very least, his maté supplies him with vitamins and stimulating caffeine to help combat the fatigue of the working day ahead. He could be working at the processing facility, spending an eight-hour shift receiving sacks of maté and emptying them so that the fresh, elliptical green leaves harvested from native trees can be...

« Mes compagnons rassemblent encore les petites branches fraichement coupées lorsque que mon regard se perd vers la cime des arbres. Ici, les paroles échangées sont entrecoupées du bruit de la machette et du cliquetis de l’attelage du cheval. Assis en tailleur sur un tapis d’herbe, on s’offre un moment de répit. Miguel verse délicatement dans sa calebasse, cette herbe verte en fines paillettes, yerba mate.

« J’aperçois au loin dans un nuage de poussière sablonneuse, le pick up  qui trace la route. Comme chaque jour, Gerrie vient nous chercher pour attaquer cette nouvelle journée de récolte, ou plutôt quelques heures pour éviter les heures les plus chaudes de l’été australe, jusqu’à 45 degrés au plus fort de la journée…

From Hapulate, there is not better way to discover the plantations and delight in the steep landscapes and the lush pale green vegetation than by taking the blue mountain train. The train runs along the side of the mountains with its incredible peaks. Each bend reveals new tea landscapes and the tea pickers look like tiny bright beetles. The small producers group together to flee isolation and convert to organic and biodynamic farming.