Let’s Talk Food: Teas from Hawaii Island for Christmas gifts

What a better way to support our local businesses than to buy the wonderful teas grown right here on the Big Island.

Volcano was found to be the perfect location for growing tea, along the slopes of Kilauea, at an elevation of more than 3,000 feet. The cooler temperatures as well as the abundance of rain needed to grow the Camellia sinensis, a species of evergreen shrubs, thrives, especially in our rain forest. Instead of using machines to cut the leaves, the growers here hand pick only the three young, light-green leaves that grow at the top of the branch, making for a wonderful tea with very little tannins that cause bitterness.

Let’s Talk Food: Teas from Hawaii Island for Christmas gifts