Like him, I was trained as a producer but I continue to attend trainings because we have to adapt to natural changes every year. When I am not in our shop, I meet other women tea producers and we talk a lot about our profession... My work is very important to me, it makes me grow and living among the tea trees brings me a great deal of serenity.
I am Asuka Kumada, I live in Kagoshima and my family has been producing teas for 50 years. I'm only 31 but I have learned the profession and have been working in tea for 11 years.
L’île de Kyushu à l’extrême Sud du Japon est considérée comme le berceau de la civilisation japonaise et du thé lorsque le moine EISAI au XIIe siècle a implanté les premiers théiers au Japon qu’il a rapporté de Chine. Les sols fertiles d’origine volcaniques (on appelle Kyushu la terre de feu) et l’intensité solaire permettent de produire des thés remarquables depuis la période Meiji au XIXe siècle.
