Teacher's Day Green Tea Farm

In Korea, during the month of May, there are a lot of celebrations for people.  There is Children's Day, Parent's Day, and even Teacher's Day.

On Children's Day, parents honor their children usually with a present of some sort, kinda like Christmas.  In one of my sixth grade classes, we asked the students what they hoped to get, my favorite answer came from a boy who always sits in the left corner, who said "My parent's love is all I need."

Parent's Day is kinda like Mother's Day and Father's Day all in one.

Teacher's Day is kinda the same.  Most teacher's get the day off, so there is no school.  So I had a cool opportunity to go out to a tea farm and make my own green tea from the very beginning.  We (Beatrice, Kjirsten, Jiwon, and I)  got in a car to Iksan, a town close to Gunsan, where I live.  It was gorgeous there.

First we donned our lovely hats and then we went out to pick the tea leaves off the plants.

Kjirsten

Beatrice

Next we had to go inside and heat the leaves and mush them and pick out the stems. Except, there was no more gas... so we ended up eating lunch and going on a mini hike to see more of the tea fields.  It was actually quite beautiful.   

This sign is funny... The bathroom is only 150m to the left. ㅋㅋㅋ but it looks so picturesque. 

White tea farm. 

Finally, the gas came in and it was back to making the green tea.  We had to mush it and heat it and pick it apart and repeat 3 or 4 times.  It was tiring but fun.  

We actually, had to leave early, so I still don't have my tea... but it's all good.  I was exhausted so I went home and napped real hard.  Then for dinner Kjirsten and I ate bingsu which is pretty much one of the best desserts you will ever eat.