Hwagae Tea Birthplace and Wild Tea Fields

화개 차시배지 야생차밭

Tea fields ringed by bamboo below Ssangyesa

Tickets

Free

Address

Unsu-ri, Hwagae-myeon, Hadong

Near Ssangyesa in Unsu-ri stands the monument to where tea was first planted in Korea. Bamboo rings the fields, and tea grown in that dew is called bamboo-dew tea. Wild tea fields stretch from the market to beyond Ssangyesa. Picking season starts around late April.