The sound of tea picking machine sibling the quick step of workers in the green half of the wood tea plantation Aro foot Mount Kerinci, Jambi at a height of 3.805 mdpl. Every six days a week, dozens of workers harvest the best tea leaves from the second-week tea plantation after the Himalaya Darjeeling.
One piece shoot leaves into the red fabric bag sized door which is then moved into several black nettles, then weighed and transported to the factory.
The old plant that has been over 1 century is currently managed by PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IV Region 4 previously named PTPN VI.
Photo air workers harvest pucuk tea leaves on foot Mount Kerinci wood tea plantation area Aro PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IV Region 4, Kerinci, Jambi.
The work of harvesting shoots of tea leaves using machine.
Aro Wood Business Unit Manager PTPN IV Region 4 Delvi mentions, PTPN IV Region 4 is always committed to maintaining the quality of the black tea from harvesting process in the garden to its processing process in the factory.
“How and harvest time as well as the duration of processing will affect the final quality,” he said.
He added, although the factory has been operating since 1925 it has been running using the machine, the manual side for quality relaxing, aroma, and the taste remains carried out manually to maintain its value.
The work weighs the focuk of tea leaves yield harvest.
The work of loading shoots of tea leaves yield harvest to truck.
“This is our precious plant. Any quality level should pass the test of taste and aroma. And it is still done manually. Lewat people, not machines,” he said.
“Emas green” planted at the height of 1.400-1.700 mdpl, in the Aro Wood Hearing field is still the primadona to date.
Meanwhile, Aro Elsa Lingga Pradesa wood tea factory sampling officer explained, currently the factory has five special officers for the implementation of laboratory tests. They are responsible for maintaining the quality of the Colonial old tea.
The car carrier results of the panen crosses in the area of the Aro Wood Tea plantation.
Dua tea leaf carrier truck enters the Aro Wood Tea Plant PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IV Region 4, Kayu Aro Barat.
“During the processing process, tea leaves will experience the changes in taste and color due to the influence of temperature difference when fermentation process. There is a laboratory test necessary to separate the taste of each leaf,” he said.
Aro Wood Tea has six flavors, covering broken orange pecco (BOP), pecco fanning (PF), broken tea (BT), broken pecco (BP), and dust.
In 2025, PTPN IV Region 4 targets can produce 25 million kilograms of tea or two million kg more than the previous year.
The work transports the tea leaf shoots the yield of the harvest into the Aro Wood Tea Plant.
The work shows the tea leaf shoot to be tested to determine the quality of the harvest.
At the peak of the harvest season, or commonly occurs in November-December 2025, an area of 2,126 hectares of tea can produce 100 tons of wet tea per day.
“Behold again we will enter the peak season. And as well as the momentum of the 1st century of the Aro Wood tea. The special year we used as a spirit cone to achieve maximum profit at the end of the year,” said Delvi.
Aro Wood Tea has long been known as Dutch and British Queen’s favorite tea. The name has been fragrant to Europe and America.
The work of doing the preparation for the processing of tea leaf shoots that have been served.
The work of bringing the leaves of tea withu that has been powder-shaped.
At present, as many as 80 percent of the leaves of plants with short stems and twigs are processed and exported to a number of countries, such as the United States, and Pakistan.
“Green food” in the Kerinci foot that has been more than many centuries will continue to be long-lived and spreading its fragrance to various world fighters.
Photo and text : Wahdi Septiawan
The work test the shoot of tea leaves before packaged.
The work shows the sprinkle of seduh pucuk tea leaves before packaged.
The work implies a cup of Aro Wood tea that has passed the test process in one of the cafes in Kerinci, Jambi.
Editor : Revelation
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