A Cup of Cha Anyone?
I didn’t know that the Azores produced tea. Much more so in times gone by than now but it was with great interest that I visited one of the two remaining tea plantations on the island of São Miguel, the capital island of the Azores archipelago. The neat rows of tea bushes make an interesting subject for a photograph or two.
Much of the original 19th century machinery, developed by the British company Marshalls no doubt for use in Indian tea plantations, is still in use here.
I’m very much looking forward to trying the Pekoe, Orange Pekoe and Green tea blends that I purchased in the plantation shop.
The skies in the following pictures give a clue as to why the Azores islands are so lush with vegetation, we are however having a good mix of sunshine and clear blue skies as well as rather dramatic ones as moist air from the Atlantic condenses over the mountains.
35mm f/11 1/250 sec. ISO-100
24mm f/11 1/200 sec. ISO-100
14mm f/11 1/250 sec. ISO-100
70mm f/11 1/160 sec. ISO-100
41mm f/4 1/160 sec. ISO-800
24mm f/4 1/160 sec. ISO-250
Cornwall Photographic 