Page 9 - Kerala Holidays Magazine Volume 1

KERALA DVISER

The tea prepared with these granules is light in
“ Kolukkumalai offers its color and more flavourful. The 'Make Your Tea'
visitors excellent views of program allows visitors to pick and process their
cup of tea. They can also buy and take home
Tamil Nadu's green plains fresh packets of tea like the Broken Orange
which lie alongside Kerala's Pekoe (BOP) and the Flowery Orange Pekoe
(FOP).
towering hills. ”
Kolukkumalai offers its visitors excellent views of
Tamil Nadu's green plains which lie alongside
Set up by the British, way back in the 1930s, the Kerala's towering hills. The visitors can take a
Kolukkumalai Tea Estate is functional to date. stroll down a relatively narrow and steep path-
The Tea Factory makes use of its original equip- way which leads to the plains. Kolukkumalai is
ment and processes its tea in the old fashioned suited for families wanting a peaceful and relax-
way. Here the modern way of crush-tear- curl ing vacation. This haven in Munnar is best
(CTC) method is put away. The traditional known for its misty valleys, colonial bungalows,
method is used in which the tea leaves are and tea plantations that extend in every direc-
handpicked and then is put through a controlled tion. Kolukkumalai is about 32 kilometers away
drying process of withering and fermenting from Munnar in Kerala. The hilltop can be
before being graded. reached only by jeeps as the roads are

rain-drenched and uneven.

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