The region of Rize: since the 1950s the Firtina Valley and the canton of Camlihemsin have become a tea production center in Turkey because of that subtropical climate that allows its cultivation. In the valley, the women take care of the family farms to produce a quality organic tea. For the white tea, of which the price can reach 300 Turkish lira a kilo, only the young shoots are gathered, leaf by leaf, thus explaining its price and quality. These women from the Laze ethnic group, heads of...
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The region of Rize: since the 1950s the Firtina Valley and the canton of Camlihemsin have become a tea production center in Turkey because of that subtropical climate that allows its cultivation. In the valley, the women take care of the family farms to produce a quality organic tea. For the white tea, of which the price can reach 300 Turkish lira a kilo, only the young shoots are gathered, leaf by leaf, thus explaining its price and quality. These women from the Laze ethnic group, heads of family, also take care of an apiary with fifty or so modern hives.///La région de Rize, la vallée de Firtina et le canton de Camlihemsin: sont devenu depuis dans les années 50 le lieu de production de thé en Turquie à cause du climat sub-tropical qui permet cette culture. Dans la vallée, les femmes s’occupent des exploitations familiales pour produire un thé biologique de qualité. Pour le thé blanc dont le prix atteint 300 livres turques le kilo, seules les jeunes pousses sont récolté feuille à feuille d’ou son prix et sa qualité. Ces femmes de l’ethnie Laze, chefs de famille s’occupe également d’un rucher d’une cinquantaine de ruches moderne.
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