Beautiful place. Amazing your and an overall wonderful experience.
Surprisingly interesting and fun! Laid back tour and friendly staff. The tour worked cause it convinced us to buy some tea.
Fun place to see where Sweet tea starts only place in America if I'm right
They had every flavor of tea available for free including lemon, milk and ice for your tea. The trolley tour was worth the money. Pack a lunch and enjoy the event. This was a great experience for our family.
When I found out about this I was instantly interested. Being a big tea drinker (and of course being a Brit) it would be rude not to visit.
The bus tour was very bumpy but very informative. I loved the fact that the tour guide was so knowledgable about the plantation and it was obvious he has worked there for a while.
Although the factory was not in operation at the time of our visit (was the weekend) it was still an eye opener to see how tea is processed.
The best thing about this plantation is you can taste the teas so a nice touch of try before you buy. The gift shop is charming with a lovely collection of tea pots and tea memorablia and new products such as tea candles, and tea hand cream. We ended up spending $125 in the shop, so it worked out a little expensive for us, but well worth the visit and a great place to visit if you are interested in tea at all.
The restroom facilities have seen better days, but that didn't detract from this lovely venue.
So peaceful to just sit at the octagon cabana in the middle of the fields, true Southern environment. The best area is close to the greenhouse; there is a super humongous tree with Spanish moss swinging in the breeze. Hint: watch the cranes chase the tea bush cutter, they walk on top of the dense tea bushes. Then, take a walk with your cup of tea (sweetened of course!) out to the middle of the fields close to the ponds. Perfect photo-op and maybe you will even spot an alligator!
I am ordering more cases of the Island Green Tea today- not syrupy sweet and a delicate taste of some healthy tea leaves grown in the sandy soil of the coast, now where is my hammock
If you would visit this place with your younger children, it is better to avoid it because some of the old ladies in the front desk would not like your kids to hanging around and touching the china and tasting the honey displayed out there. They would use all the 'sour words' to warn you off. They are horribly unfriendly and arrogant to the customers. What they really want you to do is to buy and go. The plantation teas are so- so compared with the others. The management of this plantation is not running by professionals obviously. Never go there again and never purchase their teas!