TEA PLANTATION
A Safe Haven to Go Home to
The earth, water and air of the tea plantation seems to hold a magical power. Green shoots of the leaves seem like not tired to call. Whoever has entered its heart, it will be hard for them to turn away.
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Workers harvest tea using a manual tea picker on 22 June 2019 at the Malabar, Afdeling Sukaratu plantation of state-owned company PTPN VIII Malabar in Pangalengan, Bandung regency, West Java.
The earth, water and air of the tea plantation seems to hold a magical power. Green shoots of the leaves seem like not tired to call. Whoever has entered its heart, it will be hard for them to turn away. They will generally return.
The horizon in the east was still dark. It was just a little orange blush dawn. Silence covers the Tea and Quinine Research Center (PPTK) plantation in Gabung, Mekarsari village, Pasirjambu district, Bandung Regency, West Java, at the end of June last year.
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