Remember to hug a tree when you visit this tea valley in Perak

Some of the trees are beautifully painted or carved with pictures of animals. — Photos: GISELE SOO/The Star

Tea is a beverage much loved by Malaysians. We even produce a variety of our own tea leaves, and among them, the gaharu tea is said to be the most coveted.

The Hoga Gaharu Tea Valley is a gaharu tea plantation established in 1992 in Gopeng, Perak. We recently visited this place with Tourism Malaysia (North), and discovered that it was listed in the Malaysia Book Of Records as the first organic gaharu tea plantation in the country a few years back.