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the same variety of tea grown anywhere else, different growing
environment does make a big impact on the resulting tea. “What
make our tea unique are: 1. We have enough water supply for
the whole year, so we can harvest throughout the year. 2. We
take good care of the soil and buy cow manure from local farm-
ers to make our own organic fertilizer. 3. The location is better
than most provinces in Thailand. The temperature here is lower
and the gap between day temperature and night temperature is
quite big, giving unique character to our tea. The farm is also
miles away from any industrial factory, so there is no worry
about pollution affecting the tea.” In addition to growing en-
vironment, Singha Park also focus on the consistency of the
product. “We blend our tea from a wide range of available tea
leaves to keep our product consistent,” Pobthong said.
In the production line, Singha Park runs 2 different
and fermented in a temperature and humidity-controlled room processing plants. The first factory is the cooperation between
until they have the desired quality. If the fermentation process the farm and Maruzen, a Japanese tea specialist from Shizuoka
is done in a normal room, the process will be faster and the who has over 70 years of tea producing experience, to produce
aroma of the tea wouldn’t be at its best or the tea could turn red. traditional Japanese green tea. The second factory produces
After fermentation, the tea is pan-fried, rolled, dried, graded, Boonrawd Farm’s premium teas, from Oolong tea to Earl Grey,
and packaged as Boonrawd Farm product,” Tawan explained the English Breakfast, Jasmine, Green Tea, Barley and Rose tea. “We
tea processing steps. have both domestic and international markets. We export our
own Boonrawd Farm brand and do OEM products as well. The
Becoming Outstanding domestic market is separated into 2 sections. The first are the
Singha Park has always planned its course towards products that sell directly to consumers through distributors
quality tea. The farm has its own water reservoir, the soil is and leading shopping malls, while the second are the products
enriched with organic fertilizer, and the location is suitable that are supplied to businesses such as restaurants, hotels,
for tea cultivation. All these positive factors contribute to the bakeries, beverage shops, airlines, and factories use tea as an
unique taste, aroma, colour, and quality of the tea. Although it’s ingredient.”
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