Highfield Tea Factory
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Bhramanti-Pune
Pune, India260 contributions
Mar 2023
The tea factory walk was very good in introduction to tea making, the women were knowledgeable and confident. Great to see that.
Extremely suspicious quality tea we got. After buying 2400₹ worth of goods from factory shop, the packing woman didn’t want to give a bag, instead wanted us to handle 5 different paper bags. Is this management policy or just chingusi of an unhappy employee?
Extremely suspicious quality tea we got. After buying 2400₹ worth of goods from factory shop, the packing woman didn’t want to give a bag, instead wanted us to handle 5 different paper bags. Is this management policy or just chingusi of an unhappy employee?
Written 24 March 2023
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P V
137 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Not a working Tea factory.
The place is in ruins with no machinery of any kind.
There are other better working Tea factories. Don't waste your time here.
The place is in ruins with no machinery of any kind.
There are other better working Tea factories. Don't waste your time here.
Written 26 February 2023
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Love to Travel
Potters Bar, UK765 contributions
Dec 2022 • Friends
Pretty area, guide does a reasonable job of answering questions.
Factory not currently operating other than one small room, upstand tea is mainly sold at auction and processed elsewhere.
Small eucalyptus oil operation, again not convinced it is actually active at present.
Tour finishes with chocolate and tea tasting.
Interesting to try the different types, but they haven't convinced me to swap from my current type/brand
Factory not currently operating other than one small room, upstand tea is mainly sold at auction and processed elsewhere.
Small eucalyptus oil operation, again not convinced it is actually active at present.
Tour finishes with chocolate and tea tasting.
Interesting to try the different types, but they haven't convinced me to swap from my current type/brand
Written 5 December 2022
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siddharth82
Bangalore District, India37 contributions
Oct 2022
One of the Touristy things to do in Conoor. The factory is run down and visit to essential oil distillery and chocolate shack are also pretty average. Plantation looks pretty and you can get some stock touristy type clicks done here!
Written 9 October 2022
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Rohit S
Jamshedpur, India1 contribution
Oct 2022 • Family
Went to the highlands factory at 11 am. Main tea factory was under renovation, I was told , although checking reviews dated back to 2017 people were writing abt non functional tea factory. So you can guess the main tea factory will be under Renovation until the cows come home. The guide seemed like a nice chap who wanted only what i thought of as the proper tip for his services, no more. We tasted some tea and mango choc, white choc. But be beware of buying the stuff from the shop below. After leaving the place i tried some choclates and true to my fears they tasted horrible. Its like they were made with some very low quailty butter or likes. I had to spit out the choc in my mouth. A rs 20 dairy milk / milkybar is a far better choice. So having spent more than 1000 bucks on those stupid chocolate boxes i was cursing myself.
Written 7 October 2022
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cnomis
Chorley, UK492 contributions
Feb 2020
been to a few plantations is this was one of the smallest, no entrance fee, but the guide does expect a tip, its hilly so not good for everyone, machinery was not working as the were not in full flow picking leaves, they show you chocolate making , and honey , and the inevitable shop at the end, difficult to ascertain were the entrance is
Written 22 April 2020
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Karen P
Girona, Spain923 contributions
Jan 2020
Our excellent guide was very knowledgable about the whole process of preparing different types of tea & chai. All the processes were underway when we visited in January. At the end of the trip you can try each kind and take a look at essential oil and chocolate production. I came away with a deep appreciation of the work involved in our daily cuppa!
Written 16 April 2020
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Sandy D
Mumbai, India640 contributions
Mar 2020
This tea garden is on a hill top. You get a beautiful view of the terrain and a golf course down below. The factory visit is quite interesting if you are keen to know how the different types of teas are processed. Our bad luck that they were not operational. The guides were good and their services were voluntary.
All in all a good trip
All in all a good trip
Written 1 April 2020
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ranijaya
Mumbai, India162 contributions
Mar 2020 • Family
The factory allows visitors to go through the tea making process and also has a sales counter from where we can buy the chosen flavours of tea
Written 30 March 2020
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Bipin G
Bangalore16 contributions
Apr 2019
Most of the factory was shut down for maintenance. However the green tea unit was partially open. We were taken in batches and shown green tea processing. They have a huge tea garden attached to the factory. Very beautiful landscaping and scenic. They have a mini Essential Oil and Chocolate making unit. Very educative tour overall.
Written 6 March 2020
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janhavi309
Mumbai, India249 contributions
How can I contact Highfielf Tea Factory? None of the numbers online seem to be working and their website is down as well.
Rajat D
Kharagpur, India25 contributions
How far Highfield Tea Factory is from Sim Park ?
Chetana
Bengaluru, India8 contributions
It is may be around 2-3 kms(3 bus stops). Buses are there till the point(some 3 road meeting point, ask for the same with Bus conductor). And from there, need to walk a bit (~500-600 mts)
I likea to visit there on 5th march , we are a group of 45 people , what should i do to visit the tea factory ?
( ticket , price , timing , permission , etc ...)
samitaaiyer
Navi Mumbai, India175 contributions
There’s no ticket. It’s open till 6 pm. ( dark after that)
You can make 2 groups and quickly see the place inside in 5-8 Min each. More fun is outside. The photographer can click pic in tea fields and you can sip samples from the local shop.
Walking up that road at 5.30 pm looking down at the golf course and enjoying the sunset is a lovely experience.
Tobias E
Bruchsal, Germany6 contributions
Want to visit tomorrow morning spontaneously. Can I arrive at anytime to get a tour with a guide? Thanks
NewDelhiWanderer
New Delhi7 contributions
Is it worth visiting the Tea Factory rather than Sim's Park?
Vaishnavi_g
Kalyan, India39 contributions
It depends on where Ur interest is. In tea factory u get to learn the history of tea, factorys tea making process n also get to walk down the lane of tea estate. It is a learning process. Whereas sims park is just a sweet lovely small park where u can chill in the evening esp if u have kids they can have fun playing around. Sims park is also good if u have love for nature n interested in Botony n study of wide variety of plants n trees. But one suggestion. Buy green tea or any other from Chamraj brand as it is organic. In Highfield u get to taste small samples of tea variety such as green, ginger, chocolate tea etc. But if u fancy organic products buy Chamraj brands from city market.
Amit Y
Bengaluru, India12 contributions
We Baught ginger tea and it's not at all teast like the one at the factory sample..anyone know how to make it. We feel cheated as it's tastes same as normal
Kedar Kachare
Pleasanton, CA34 contributions
We had also bought ginger tea and just made with same powder without any extras. Did not taste like the sample. Then added little bit real ginger and it tasted nice. One note, if we add real ginger to normal tea, it is not the same taste as that of ginger tea is made with real ginger. We found this by trials, but they should have mentioned it when buying. The only flavor works is chocolate tea.
Sapna S
Hyderabad, India
Address is definitely helpful. Could you please include the hotel contact number in the address?
Helena M
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia1 contribution
how do I make my teas which I purchased there last week so that they taste like the taste test ones?
travelisor
Ahd202 contributions
Hi Helena,
Indian tea is made in varied forms, however the milk tea is generally made by boiling 3/4 cup of water, 1/4 milk and one teaspoon sugar(or more). After it starts boiling, add 1/2 teaspoon tea and let it boil 2-3 times. The more you boil, the stronger the tea gets. This is the basic tea. The spicy version can be made by adding powdered cardamom or some ginger.
Hope it helped! Enjoy your tea!
Helena M
Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia1 contribution
Purchased 3 teas when I was there last week but can't make them like the tea tasting ….
How do I make up the:
Chocolate Tea
Ginger tea
Masala tea
to make them taste like your samples?
Looking forward to your reply.
Cheers H
BeenaDmello
Bengaluru, India493 contributions
chocolate tea proportion should be 1:1 (milk and water) else you won't get that flavor. I was told this by one of the vendors some yrs back
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