Travel to the location take six hours by road from Jakarta. Along the way the car will cross the villages, towns, mountains, to the shores. Complete panorama you'll get. But the long travel time has paid off as far as the eye could see green and green tea plant. Tea plantation owned by PT Harendong Green Farm produces organic Oolong tea.

As the only tea plantation that produces organically Oolong tea, this place is often visited by visitors who want to learn about tea processing organic process. Not a few who stopped by this place just to enjoy the beautiful atmosphere and fresh air. According to President Director of PT Harendong Green Farm Alexander Halim, tea garden was built in 2006. So still relatively new and in development stage garden. However, this region could be an alternative agro-tourism, tour while learning about the plantation.

Located adjacent to the National Park Hazy, exactly on Jl. Raya Cikotok, Hegarmanah Village, District Cibeber, Lebak regency, Banten. Being at an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level with a total land area of 100 hectares. But only about half the land area is planted with tea. To produce high quality Oolong tea, just picking can be done 3-4 years after planting.

There are many groups of schoolchildren who had come to tea gardens Harendong to learn about tea plantation. If you visit, you can see the women picking tea leaves skillfully. You will be escorted around by a location manager, one of them named Yuli Prianto. He will explain whether it's tea and Oolong tea types. In addition, you also can stop by the factory to see the tea processing.

"Touring can be an hour or until day. Later described the process of making tea and organically," said Alexander. The leaves are picked is one bud with two leaves. When picking the tea should be in a dry state without dew.

"Because it is picking from 9 am to 1 pm or 2 pm. Because the sun will not be long fermentation excessive levels," explained Alexander.

Oolong teas undergo a process of fermentation or oxidation of 40-60 percent. Unlike the red tea is 100 percent or vice versa with green tea only has less than 10 percent of the fermentation.

After the tea leaves brought to the factory and sorted. If the stem is too long, it should be cut first. If not, the tea will taste more bitter. Then undergo a process windering tea or aerated. Tea is dried in a closed room for half an hour. The fermentation process occurs at this time due to air exposure. Then, the tea into the withering process is put in a room with cooling. Water vapor will be sucked up by 40 percent, so the weight of tea leaves, too, is reduced.

Long this process can be 15 to 20 hours depending on humidity levels and weather. Interestingly, at this stage there is an expert who will determine when the tea is ready out of the refrigerator compartment.

"Because it smells of tea first rose, then fell, then rose again up to the peak of his. He who knows only the expert, he knows whether the scent is maximal or not," said Alexander.

After the tea experience pengorengan process and curling. In this second phase of water weight and shaped back shrinks mendai balls. The final stage is to go into the oven and again drawn back moisture so that the weight is reduced. Unfortunately, Alexander says the manufacturing process should not be photographed.

"Production at the factory may be viewed but not allowed to photograph. Because the kitchen secrets of the company is on the machine and temperature," he said. Especially when the room cooler. Even the experts were sent specifically to Taiwan to study during cooling tea.

Alexander also did not hesitate to invite a group of schoolchildren to tour tea gardens while learning. In addition to learning about the tea plantations, they also learn about the organic process. "There also are learning about organic fertilizers and plant disease problems," he said.

Because organic gardening, the use of fertilizers and pesticides also own organically processed. To eradicate the pest, the leaf decoction used soursop, suren, calothyrsus, Bitung leaves, until the lemongrass. Therefore, in many common garden area and suren soursop trees.

"This type of plant that is processed into pest exterminator faced depending on the pest," he said.

Fertilizer used was manure produced from goat dung, bats, and cattle. According to Alexander, he was the arrival of a group of high school students up to 2-3 times per month. There were also visits from strangers such as Taiwan, Jepan, and Singapore who would like to see an organic tea garden. Meanwhile on Saturday and Sunday more visitors who come to relax.

If you intend to visit this tea garden, you'll want to make an appointment first. Because not every day there is a schedule of tea plucking and processing. Each month there are 1-2 times the process of picking and production. Alexander targeting mid-2012 production can be done every day. Parties Harendong not specify the cost of the visit. In fact you could have if you want to stay.

"The general public is okay to stay but can not be too much, just be up to 10 people, some houses can to stay," he said.

In some areas there was indeed a house employees. Plan ahead a few locations with the best views will be built a vacation home with the concept back to nature. However, for food you should bring your own food, wait staff in Harendong can help memasakannya for you.

"If you stay here can be grilled fish. As near the ocean, take the material in Bayah or Pelabuhan Ratu," he said.