by RYUUYAMATO
ARO WOOD: OLD ORTHODOX TEA PLANTATION IN NUSANTARA
Located on Sungai Penuh, Kerinci Regency, Kayu Aro is not just an ordinary tea plantation. In addition to hundreds of years old, this plantation is also worth admiring in the height of 1,600 meters above sea level and an area of 2500 hectares. That's what leads Wood Aro as the world's second largest tea plantation. Meanwhile, the first position occupied Darjeeling Tea Plantation in India.
As already mentioned, Kayu Aro is a tea-producing tea plantation also known as orthodox tea. You see, the management process is still conventional, not using techniques, or modern tools. So, do not be surprised if you see tea powder here. And the tea here is also free of chemicals, no preservatives, no dyes.
In addition, tea workers in Kayu Aro are prohibited from wearing cosmetics while processing tea leaves that have been selected. Everything to produce the best quality tea. No wonder then the tea leaves from Wood Aro so favored Queen of the Netherlands and the Queen of England during the colonial period.
The distance from Padang to Kayu Aro is 300 km (7 hours drive). So, you can transit first in Padang
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