History of tea plantation in Turkey goes back to 1940’s. Rize located in East Black Sea coast, has been chosen for the first region to supply country need with the support of government in those years. East Black Sea,is also known as the most rainy area in Turkey, has a humid and rainy climate which is good for tea leaves. Today 220.000 ton dry tea is produced every year. Besides supply of country needs, it is being imported to 25 countries. Turkey is in the fifth rank in production for all the world. It is the fourth depletive country with 2.3 kg tea a head. Tea is known as a national drink and it is a part of the daily life culture. Tea plantation became family business at the region rather than an industrial agriculture. The total of big produce is made by single families. Most of the time women of the family work in tea gardens. Back in time farmers used to make their life on tea and they called it, green gold. After year 1986 Chernobyl disaster affected the region and the tea producers. It was a milestone in decrease of profit from tea. In addition to this with the new government policies on agriculture and low annual fees for kilogram, farmers started to look for new products for their land. State run factories are the big buyers and they control the main price for tea leaves. Most of the private companies are appear to be not reliable by producers because they make the payment in one year advance. There are 3 harvest during the season. Farmers have to cut the leaves when harvest time comes whether they sell it or not. After collecting the leaves if it has to be sold to factory right away. Most of the farmers has produce more than state quotas which they sell it to private companies without knowing to get paid for. People of East Black Sea region plan their life and social events by the harvest and tea payment time.