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Listening to the Land: How Our Farmers Connect with Every Leaf

On Jeju Island, the air is soft with mist, the soil alive with volcanic energy, and the tea leaves seem to grow with quiet intention. This is where Wild Orchard Tea begins—not in a lab or a marketing room, but in the rhythm of the land and the hands that care for it.

At our regenerative farm, tea isn’t just grown—it’s understood. The farmers who walk the fields each morning don’t rush the process. They observe. They adjust. They wait. Their world is bound to the sun, the fog, the bugs that arrive early or late. Their knowledge is quiet but exact, passed through seasons and soil.

Tea Farming as a Daily Dialogue

Most tea producers won’t speak in selling points. Instead, they talk about the wind. The light. The feel of the leaves that morning. This way of farming is less about output, and more about connection—to the ecosystem, to the pace of nature, to the leaf itself.

It’s a perspective that’s rare, especially in a world that moves fast. But it’s exactly what sets Wild Orchard apart.

Washed Four Times Before Your First Sip

One of the ways we honor this process is through something that may surprise you: we wash our tea leaves four times before they ever reach your cup.

Most teas require the first brew to be discarded—to remove bitterness, dust, and leftover residue from the fields. But at Wild Orchard, we asked a different question: What if the first cup could be the best?

That’s why we’re the only tea farm in the world to wash our leaves four times. It’s part of our deep commitment to purity and clarity. The result is a tea that’s clean, soft on the palate, and free of anything that doesn’t belong.

No dust. No dirt. No bitterness. Just the quiet, steady character of the leaf—uninterrupted.

A Cup That Reflects the Land

Every step we take is in service of the land and the tea it gives us. From regenerative farming practices to the smallest details in how we harvest, we aim to create teas that are not just delicious, but deeply respectful.

Our green teas—like After Rain, harvested early in the season—are not just flavor profiles. They’re expressions of time and place. You’ll taste the mist, the morning light, the gentleness of the process. And you’ll never need to toss the first brew.

More Than a Drink

To drink Wild Orchard tea is to be invited into a quieter way of being. One where nothing is rushed. One where the land leads.

Growing tea the way nature intended it to be grown- regenerative organically.

Not every tea is made the same. That’s why we source our teas single-origin from the world’s first ROC green tea farm of 1000 acres. 🌱🌎

Our teas don’t come from factories. They come from conversations with nature. With each leaf, we listen. With every cup, you can too.

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