NUCIFORA

In the early 1980s, Sebastian Anthony Nucifora inherited a large sugarcane field from his father. At that time, due to the poor market for sugarcane, the income was low. He who had always liked tea drinking suddenly had the idea of establishing a tea plantation and quickly put it into action. After a long period of investigation, breeding, and cultivation, Nucifora Tea Plantation was built at the end of 1985. During this period, he overcame difficulties that ordinary people could not imagine... Early in February 1985, the Nucifora family began picking tea seeds at Pat Byrnes Old Tea Plantation. The crew struggled against green ants and raspberry bushes to pick 4,000kgs. These seeds were taken to Cairns to be kept in cold storage until anticipated planting in early April... When they were ready to sow, some of the previously picked seeds had germinated in the bag, rendering them unusable. Fortunately, we obtained the best seeds through other means. At that time, although young tea was..

Primary location: East Palmerston