Boseong Green Tea Fields

One Of South Korea'S Best Known Tea Growing Areas; The Daehan Dawon Plantation Dates From 1957 · Boseong, South Jeolla

The green tea fields of Boseong, in the hills of South Jeolla near the south coast, are the most photographed farmland in South Korea: rows of clipped tea bushes that follow the contours of steep slopes like green waves, with mist rising off them on spring mornings. The county is the country's best-known tea-growing area, its mild sea-damp climate suiting the plant, and the showpiece is the Daehan Dawon plantation, founded in 1957 on older tea land and open to visitors for a fee. A path lined with tall cedars leads from the car park to the tea terraces, and trails climb between the rows to a hilltop viewpoint over the whole estate. The first flush is picked in April and May, when the Boseong Green Tea Festival is held, and the cafes serve green tea ice cream, noodles and pork from pigs fed on tea. In winter the slopes have been strung with lights. Nearby are the Korea Tea Museum, Yulpo beach with its seawater green tea bath, the cockle mudflats of Beolgyo and, under an hour away, Suncheon Bay.

763-67 Nokcha-ro, Boseong-eup, Boseong, South Jeolla, 59421, South Korea

NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: Daehan Dawon opens every day from about 9 am to around 6 or 7 pm in the warmer months and closes earlier in winter, around 5 pm, with last entry about an hour before closing. The Korea Tea Museum keeps daytime hours of about 9 am to 6 pm and, like many Korean museums, has usually closed one day a week, typically Monday. The winter light festival, when it runs, opens in the evening only. The traps that ruin a day are festival weekend traffic on the single access road, missing the last bus back from Boseong in the early evening, arriving too late to climb to the viewpoint before closing, and counting on the tea bath or light festival without checking. Confirm current times before relying on them.

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