Gorreana

A piece of history which continues to labor every day. More than a living museum, open since 1883, the tea factory Gorreana was for many years the only survivor of more than a dozen tea factories after the collapse of the orange crop in the Azores. You now have for company the nearby tea factory Porto Formoso. Being the only two tea plantations across Europe - a feat, no doubt.
If you have time visit the two, but the pass Gorreana. There breathes tea, drinks there is no doubt the best green tea in Europe.

Why Gorrena?
First because it is the oldest and always kept working. From the earliest times used electricity from a mini hydro, assembled in the nearby river.
In addition to black tea, green tea yields.
There is the detail of ice cream, there are first glance seem to have nothing to do with tea, but if you think about it has its logic, as the milk and the flavors are right next door, in full view of the plant's balcony.

Usually from April to October, we entangle us in the harvest of tea. They will not feel tourists but more on the piston connecting the culture of many peoples and history of a region. At that same time, be sure to climb to the false but close the door and do not say anything to anyone. Let's keep this secret between us.