Our Visit to the Tea Factory

by Emily (Age 8)

On the 12th of April, we went to a tea factory.  There they make a lot of tea.  They have 3000 hectares of tea.  So first, the people bring the tea from their farm, put the tea in bags and put them on little hooks.  The tea is then taken to the grinding section.

There are 3 parts.  Every time getting smaller and smaller.  On the third time, it turns brown.  Have you ever tried putting leaves in your pocket, and then it turns brown?  That’s how these machines work.

After they cut it into little pieces, they dry it and shred it into even smaller pieces.  It comes out in different strengths in a little machine.  You then take it to the packaging process.

It is so cool.  Like they make the tea bags here, and make the strings there.  And when they come out on a little line, they come out so fast.  2 per second.

That’s it for the tea, but I can still tell you about how they make bags for the tea when they put it on little hooks.  There’s this large machine that sews the bag and it comes out perfectly.  They make all kinds of different bags.

It was a fun trip and after that we went to the zoo.  I am sure Jessica will tell you all about that.