Tea plantation workers weighing their harvest.

Mae Salong, Northern Thailand, 2002

The tea plantation limits the amount of tea leaves picked per day to the capacity of the drying ovens, and to ensure only the best mature leaves are picked.

We were shocked to learn that these workers only make about $2 per day, for approximately 4 hours of work.

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