点评:We were taken to the Sabah Tea Factory, and the experience started off oddly enough—walking under the trees with deafening cicada noise, we stated 'oh it's raining' only to be told it was actually cicada pee.😳😳😳😳😳😳 Keep your hats on. 👌
Having visited tea plantations in Sri Lanka, where everything is professionally run with stunning, neatly manicured rows of tea bushes, this place was a major letdown. Sabah Tea Factory felt more like a neglected backyard than a proper plantation. There were no visible rows of tea bushes, and the whole place lacked any sense of care or presentation.
The factory tour didn’t improve things. The guide spoke very slowly in poor English and came across as condescending throughout. When our friend asked a question, he responded with visible irritation and an arrogant tone, even leaning forward to ask, “You understand NOW?”—and repeated this in a way that felt unnecessarily rude and patronizing.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
To make matters worse than they already were, there were no machines running, and while the floors were clean, there was no sign of actual production—no tea leaves, no dust, nothing. It all felt staged purely for tourists. Photography wasn’t allowed inside, which only added to the sense that there wasn’t much to see anyway.
The tea tasting at the end was average at best, and clearly didn’t impress anyone—no one in our group bought any tea.
Overall, this was a disappointing and underwhelming experience. There are far better tea plantation visits elsewhere, and this is one I would strongly recommend skipping.
翻译:我们被带到了沙巴茶厂,体验一开始就有点怪异——走在树下,耳边充斥着震耳欲聋的蝉鸣,我们脱口而出“哦,下雨了”,结果被告知那其实是蝉尿。😳😳😳😳😳😳 大家可要小心了。👌
之前我们去过斯里兰卡的茶园,那里的茶树整齐排列,管理得井井有条,相比之下,沙巴茶厂简直令人大失所望。与其说是茶园,不如说更像是一个无人照管的后院。这里看不到成排的茶树,整个地方都缺乏维护和展示。
工厂参观也没能改善我们的体验。导游英语很差,语速也很慢,而且全程都给人一种居高临下的感觉。当我们的朋友问了一个问题时,他明显带着不耐烦和傲慢的语气回应,甚至还向前倾身问道:“现在你明白了吗?”——而且他重复这句话的方式让人感觉非常无礼和居高临下。🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
更糟糕的是,茶园里没有机器运转,虽然地板很干净,但没有任何实际生产茶叶的迹象——没有茶叶,没有茶尘,什么都没有。一切都感觉像是为了迎合游客而精心布置的。园内禁止拍照,这更让人觉得这里没什么可看的。
最后的品茶环节充其量只能算一般,显然没有给任何人留下深刻印象——我们一行人中没有人买茶。
总而言之,这是一次令人失望的体验。其他地方有很多更好的茶园参观选择,我强烈建议大家不要来这里。