Model Studio for the province of Misiones

It was precisely a century in the past. It was 1923, when priest Tijón Hnatiuk arrived from Ukraine to Colonia Tres Capones, south of Misiones, and introduced a packet of Camellia sinensis seeds as a present to his household. The tea.

Tea is probably the most drunk infusion on the planet.

The Ukrainians had arrived by probability in Misiones on the finish of 1890, 1 / 4 of a century earlier than. Their authentic area was known as Galitzia (nothing to do with the land in Spain) they usually belonged to the Austro-Hungarian empire. Poor farmers who needed to prosper. They received on the ship that introduced them to America, however they needed to go to the US. They docked on the port of Buenos Aires and there they realized that they weren’t anticipated within the north: they weren’t welcome. Misiones was a model new nationwide territory and its first governor Juan José Lanusse (who had beforehand been mayor of La Plata) realized of the state of affairs of the poor Slavs caught within the port. And he gave them a deal with: “Come to Misiones, we gives you 25 hectares, instruments, some animals, seeds and plant grass.” They usually got here.

That is how they arrived. They instantly notified their households and relations on earth. “No. It is not chilly right here. There isn’t a 25 levels under zero in winter. And we’ve got a bitter drink that we actually like.”

Till Hnatiuk, the priest, arrived.

Tea is probably the most drunk infusion on the planet: that is defined specifically by the love that the Chinese language have for it and, later, because of colonization, it handed to the English. He explains why whereas others died of dysentery or cholera, the Chinese language survived with out issues: by boiling the water for his or her infusion they killed the germs and micro organism.

90% of tea is exported and 19 out of each 20 kilos are produced in Misiones.

And the priest’s product unfold in Misiones and commenced to be exported. For the primary a long time, the whole lot was achieved by hand: planting, harvesting, taking to the dryer, processing. Like in India and different locations.

However the progressive impulse of the missionary gave it a special imprint. As quickly because the Sixties started, the farmers went to the city the place the metalworking workshop was situated. They introduced their tractor to him and the progressive missionary gene invented the mechanical harvester. Thus, these orange Fiat vintners might be excellent for machine harvesting.

Missionary tea went out into the world with that model: machine-harvested tea that was not probably the most appreciated (it isn’t the identical as harvesting leaf by leaf) however was used within the London markets to ‘decrease’ the standard of these arriving from the India and Sri Lanka. And it additionally travels to the US the place it’s used as uncooked materials for the well-known iced tea.

90% of tea is exported and 19 out of each 20 kilos are produced in Misiones.

Till at some point, somebody mentioned: “Let’s return to the roots.” Or, sprouts can be extra precise.

Tea turned extra related through the years.

It was from the primary Misiones Nationwide Connoisseur Tea Spherical in 2020: there they selected an progressive proposal that consisted of selling inner consumption and reaching new audiences by way of natural manufacturing.

Lately, gourmand tea has gained nice relevance and managed to turn into a reference that additionally impacted the event of cultural and gastronomic tourism (guests come to a farm, harvest with their arms and make their very own tea, which they savor after your entire industrial course of).

Within the subject of gourmand tea manufacturing, manufacturers comparable to Akasha Tea, Hebras Misioneras, Tucanguá, Doña Irma, Alma Annette, Jesper, Kraus, Tea Wind, Kairiyama and the Tea Route stand out.

Tea arrived in Misiones in 1923.

On the identical time, inside the section of tea blenders (combination of flavors and kinds), Del Iguazú, Roseé Infusions, Aromas of the jungle, Dana Tea and Wonders of tea are introduced.