Dear Parents
Here are the
highlights for today….
High Field Tea
Plantation Visit
Our pupils
learnt more about the processes involved in making tea – withering, CTC –
Crush, Turn & Curl and Roasting. They learn that tea plucking is not an
easy task to do and usually it is done by the ladies. 200 women pluck at least
35 kg of tea leaves every morning and their job starts before dawn.
Our pupils learn
that the tea leaves that are plucked are used for various type of teas – white
tea, black tea, flavoured tea and green tea. They had a chance to sample
various teas – chocolate tea, masala tea, green tea and ginger tea. Chocolate
tea seems to be their favourite!
ACRES Organic
Cheese Making Farm
The rest of the
day was spent at the ACRES farm. The owner of the farm, Mr Mansur, explained to
the children about his self-sustainable farming system. They also visited the
biogas plant where they made use of the methane gas produced by the cow dung
for the fuel for domestic uses. Mr Mansur also explained how they make their
own bricks for the plant using mud, sand and lime.
Before lunch,
Mrs Mansur told the children about a little boy in the Middle East who was
travelling with his bag of milk. From the story, pupils were introduced to the
process of cheese making. Our pupils had the chance to cut the cheese curd
before sampling it. They then proceeded to the cheese cellar where the cheese
is left for three to four months before they are read to be eaten. The children had some cheese biscuits. Every child had an opportunity to milk the
cow and plant lime seed for tree planting. It is definitely an unique
experience for all of them.
