South Korea: Shipment of wild green tea from Hadong, a world important agricultural heritage with 1200 years of tradition and the highest quality

(Hadong = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji Seong-ho = Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 12th that the harvest of wild green tea, registered as a World Important Agricultural Heritage, has begun in the area of Hwagae-myeon, a tea plantation area in Korea. Hadong wild tea starts with Myongjeon harvested before Qingmyeong (April 5), 'Woojeon' before Gokwoo (April 20), and 'Sejak (細雀)' harvested before arrival (May 5). )', 'mid-production' produced before May 20, and continues until June. Hadong wild tea is a representative specialty crop that raises farm household income of KRW 18 billion (as of 2021) as 921 farms in Hwagae and Akyang-myeon produce about 1,000 tons a year on a cultivation area of 627ha. In particular, since it was registered as a World Important Agricultural Heritage in 2017, it has been attracting attention from people around the world and has shown continuous export expansion. Last year, it exported US$3 million worth of green tea to nine countries, including ...