also: さえん
noun
tea plantation; tea garden; tea shop
Refers to a place where tea is grown (plantation) or, less commonly, a shop specializing in tea. Context usually makes the meaning clear.
静岡には広大な茶園が広がっている。
Vast tea plantations stretch across Shizuoka.
この茶園では高品質の抹茶を生産している。
This tea plantation produces high-quality matcha.
茶畑 is a more common and colloquial term for a tea field or plantation, while 茶園 can sound slightly more formal or refer to a tea garden/shop.
Compound of 茶 (tea) and 園 (garden, plantation). The reading ちゃえん is the standard on'yomi combination; さえん uses an older or alternate reading of 茶.