Alaska’s first tea farm is geothermally heated
The first tea farm in Alaska is getting started last week near Fairbanks. And it’s geothermally heated. Jenny Tse grew up in Fairbanks drinking coffee. “I drink black coffee,” she…
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To the Azores for tea
Tea is still grown in the center of the Atlantic Ocean, 1,500 kilometers from the mainland. The oldest tea plantations in Europe are located there. Tea production is thought to…
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Adopting scientific method in tea farming stressed
Experts at a practical training workshop have stressed on adopting scientific methods and latest technologies in small-scale tea farming on plain lands to enhance production of the cash crop and…
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Brewing new ideas to sustain tea sector
Tea plantation business has gone through a tumultuous last two decades, ever since the WTO came into being and quantitative restrictions (QRs) were lifted. Global movement of commodities became commonplace…
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Tea brings prosperity to Fujian village
Located northwest of Fu’an’s Shekou town in East China’s Fujian province, Tanyang village is home to the famous Panyong Congou tea, a golden prize winner at the 1915 Panama Pacific…
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New tea picking gadget to save farmers money
Farmer John Tanui uses a motor-driven tea leaf picker at his farm in Kosirai, Chesumei constituency in Nandi County. He says the machine is more effective than old-age manual picking…
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Single estate tea: More than ready to mingle
Wine connoisseurs are no longer the only ones obsessed with terroir. As popular brands went off the shelf during lockdown, many turned their attention to single estate teas for their…
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Tea by me. Hothouse tea from the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, in the town of Zundert, there is a nursery called Special Plant, which works since 2008 and, among other things, breeds tea plants. Modern greenhouse farming allows…
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