In our quest to secure reliable sources of organic and low pesticide teas, we've taken a logical but nonetheless bold step of acquiring tea gardens recently. Being able to fully control the source of your raw leaf material has become a key concern in order to ensure a quality supply of tea that meets our highest standards as well as the required conformity to certification norms. Very soon Taiwan Tea Crafts will be able to propose tailor made teas for which we will be 100% accountable and responsible for the end result... as I write this, part of me is scared shitless at this prospect. In any event, here's the story of how we got to give a new lease on life to some abandoned tea fields in the hope of making not so bad tea with them. If all fails, at least it will have given me something to write about in the next weeks.