Autumn Boseong Green Tea Field

A version of this text aired on kbs world radio on may 24 2008 tea was first cultivated in china over 2 500 years ago.

Autumn boseong green tea field. Your trip to boseong green tea fields wouldn t be complete without tasting one or all of the green tea flavored treats offered. Boseong s daehan tea plantation welcomes thousands of visitors annually. We have been waiting all spring to visit the picturesque tea fields during peak season may august to see what all the fuss was about. A close up of a green tea bush with the rest of the boseong green tea field in the background.

Still most people visit either in spring between late march and late april to see the first new leaves on tea bushes or in summer from may to august when the tea bushes are in their prime. Boseong green tea plantation. Different types of tea at the boseong green tea fields. The tea leaves are actually collected multiple times a year from the same plants and the taste and the quality of the tea all depend on when the leaves are picked these are the different types of tea that come from the trees grown in the daehan plantation based on the time of year the leaves are picked.

Ice cream bibimbap churros and more. I enjoyed multiple servings of green tea ice cream and special green tea bibimbap for lunch it was absolutely delicious. Boseong is actually a beautiful place to visit year round. Green tea fields of daehan dawon drove for another 2 hours to arrive at our final destination of the day boseong green tea plantation.

Boseong green tea fields. When is the best time to visit the boseong green tea fields. A day trip for the boseong green tea fields and yulpo beach s ituated in the south jeolla province of south korea are the boseong green tea plantations. You can either take the hourly bus that departs the bus terminal for yulpo beach and get off at the green tea fields or you can catch a taxi.

Wild tea has been cultivated here as far back as the mid 300 s bc while green tea was introduced to korea from china in the 600 s ad during the silla dynasty during the goryeo dynasty it was mainly farmed at the temples and the royal court while in the joseon dynasty it began to grow naturally in jeolla and gyeongsang provinces. This is yet another place in korea that i had been wanting to visit. But even if you visit in late autumn or winter you ll see quite a scenery as. Once you reach boseong you have two choices.

The most famous field is the daehan dawon tea plantation which is naturally the most touristy. Most people come here either in spring between late march and late april to see the first new leaves on tea bushes or in summer from may to august when the plantations along the terraced farmlands are in.