Zealong

Widely regarded as a Waikato icon, Zealong Tea Estate is the only commercial tea estate in New Zealand, producing 100% organic award-winning tea, and a world-leading destination for tea, art and hospitality.

Three times a year, for 20 days at a time, Zealong harvests its most tender leaves and processes them in a state-of-the art tea factory. Only the top three most tender and flavoursome leaves and a small section of the stem are picked from the camellia plants for sun drying in the tea estate's glasshouse and processing into some of the top quality tea in the world.