Many crops are grown in the missionary lands, from exotic fruit to newer ones such as moringa, with large tracts of traditional and historical yerba mate and tea plantings. Tea cultivation has led to new processing and cultural practices beyond black tea and gourmet green teas, including oolong tea, Silver Needle white tea made by producer Adriana Yañez of Akasha Tea, and more recently, yellow tea by producer Amalia Radovancich.
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Horacio Bustos is director of Gyokuro Circulo Argentino de Té, where the careers of Tea Sommelier, Tea Master and the Water Workshop are studied. The Tea school is officially recognized as an organization promoting cultural interest by the Ministry of Culture of the Argentine Nation and by the state of Obera, Misiones. He is an Honorary Member of the Circle of Water Tasters (Hidrocatadores) of the European Tasters of Waters since 2012. In June 2017 he was appointed a member of the Associazione Degustatori Acque Minerali.