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Korea is a festival full nation with hundreds and hundreds of annual festivals . Most festivals in Korea highlight a local custom, traditi...

Hadong, South Korea is a special place. Unlike most places in Korea its pace is, well, a lot slower. Slow enough to be recognized as an offi...

Teas from Hadong South Korea often come packaged in a generic boxes. These boxes were even featured on a commercial promoting business and...

This tea was shipped with others from Korea a few months ago. It gives no hints as to what kind of tea it is other than the generic 'Ha...

Please check out this link ( here ) for a wonderful map of Jiri Mountain. As you can see Jiri Mountain is not one peak but several in an are...

No matter where you go in Korea you will see mountains. You simply can't escape their omnipresent gaze. Out of the thousands of peaks th...

Mr. Kim from Nok Ya Won gave one an invitation to the serene Jiri Mountains that surround the quaint city of Handong. In these mountains on...

When leaves have gone through the cycle of drying and rolling a few times, it becomes apparent that they cannot endure another round of rol...

When the tea leaves have spent some time on the hot cauldron and are becoming soft and subtle, it is now time for them to be rolled. The fi...

After the leaves have been picked they are transported to the production site, an open air facility that allows elements of nature to creep...

One took part in the making of green tea on May third and forth in Hadong, an area known for its rich history in making tea. The following ...

Tea is a food. Tea is a beverage. Tea is a medicine. In the abundant wild tea fields that line the misty mountain valleys of Jiri Mountains...