Aloha!
E komo mai! Welcome to Big Island Tea!
We started growing tea in 2001. Since then we have re-established a diverse native cloud forest on a 51/2 acre farm. We are growing tea, and now coffee as our under story crops. We have been busy! We have planted over 6,000 tea trees; we have grown over 60,000 tea seedlings to assist new tea farmers; we have replanted hundreds of native trees and ornamental plants to create a beautiful diverse tea garden in our rain forest. We sell our single small batches of our ultra-premium whole leaf tea, `A`a Black Tea on-line (see “Buy Our Tea”) and with select retailers.
We offer day long green tea processing workshops for the more enthusiastic tea lovers and once again this year, a 5 day intensive tea farming field course starting August 2! Additional classes will be offered on demand with maximum 5 students per class. Learn about how to grow tea sustainably; how to hand-pick and hand-process green and black tea; Dr. Cam Muir will lead classroom time to add more science to your understanding of soil and forest management. You will bring home enough knowledge to start your own tea farm, not to mention your own hand-picked, hand-rolled green and black tea to share with family and friends.
Date of 5 day Intensive Tea Farming Field Course: Monday Aug 2nd - Friday Aug 6th, 2023. 7:30am-4pm
Searching for a quality whole leaf tea or wanting to learn about how to grow and make your own tea?
About Us
Meet the founders, Eliah Halpenny & Dr. Cam Muir.
Consulting
Want to set up your own tea garden? We offer consultations. Learn more.
Agro-Ecology
How we grow, pick and process our tea. Learn more.
Where To Buy Our Tea
We're wholesalers. Here are the vendors you can order our tea from.
Contact Us
Got questions? We'd love to hear from you! Contact us.
