Have You Been to Sikkim’s Only Tea Garden?
What do we talk about when we talk about tea in India? Darjeeling, Assam and Kangra—don’t we? But if we told you that you’re not a real tea aficionado if you haven’t tasted Sikkim…
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Growing and Harvesting
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Scotland’s tea growers reveal booming demand as leaves sold all over the world
The organic grower Monica Griesbaum grows award-winning organic tea at her off-grid home, the Windy Hollow Tea Estate at Trinity Gask, Auchterarder, just north of the Ochil Hills. She said:…
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The Australian Tea Market
by Sharyn Johnston The Australian Tea Market is currently at a stage of transition, with younger consumers beginning to appreciate specialty tea options rather than the standard black tea which…
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Forest hill artisanal tea hits local market
Ceylon Pink TeaTox, a pioneering artisanal wild tea, made with a rare variety of tea leaves plucked from the highland forests, has been launched in the local market, giving consumers…
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Twenty million tea saplings will be planted next year in Sri Lanka
Twenty million tea saplings will be planted next year to increase national tea production, Company Estate Reforms, Tea and Rubber Estates Related Crops Cultivation and Factories Modernization and Tea and…
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Historic tea estate of Nepal shrinking
Ilame Sahar, Chiyabari Ramro, Tyahi Paryo Ghar Hamro’. It is a line of a song which popularised the relation between Ilam and tea garden. The song not only celebrates tea…
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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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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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High-quality tea could be grown right here in Scotland – with a little help from scientists
A group of Scottish tea planters are on a mission to find the perfect brew that can be grown on home soil. Rebecca Shearer speaks to some of those involved…
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African Tea Origins
An international team of specialists has conducted a study of 439 tea tree samples from 11 African and Asian countries and concluded that 79% of African tea trees are Indian…
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Elephants, Pangolins, Leopards, Chimpanzees and Baboons
It turns out that the interaction of tea and animals is not limited to insect pest damage, in which tea suffers, and scientific researches, in which animals suffer. The interests…
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Green tea leafhoppers are still at large and uncontrolled
Specialists from Hangzhou Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, are working on the creation of attractants for green tea leafhoppers, which are well-known as tea pests, but at…
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Albino tea cultivars
Albino tea cultivars are tea trees whose leaves at some time (for example, in spring, at the beginning of the vegetation season) are notably lighter in color than those of…
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