A TEA IN THE ISLAND

Gorreana is the name of the only tea made in Europe, in Portugal and in the Azores Island. It seams that we have kept a secret and a tresory undiscovered as in fact, even in Portugal so many people never heard about this fabulous tea, and this centenary unique ritual.

It looks like green veins covering the mountains on the beautiful emerald cost line of San Miguel, drawing lines of bucolic landscape.

This plant called camelia sinensis was brought to the Azores first from Brasil but it was not until later in 1873 that the first lot of dried tea was made by the hands of chinese that not only brought the rights seads but also the knowledge.

This is the camelia sinensis plant.

The tea is made by the traditional process denominated Hysson, a technique that uses steam and produces three different types of black tea and one of green tea.

The black is Orange Pekoe mader with the first leaf , the Pekoe made with second leaf and Broken leaf made with the third leaf.

The weather in the Azores island is perfect for the plantation of tea as it rains all year.

Here the different teas of Gorreana.