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Kenya: Fascinating Trip to Tea Factories – VIDEO

Published: 16.4.2019
Already in the last episode you might have learned that Kenya is one of the largest tea producers in the world. Let's now take a look behind the walls of the tea factories where the fascinating transformation from green tea leaves to the form of tea we know in Europe takes place.

Most Kenyan produce is processed as regular black tea into bags, which we all know. Even though the tickets are torn by hand, factories operate to a large extent automatically and can ferment, dry and sort tens of tons of tea a day.

The method used for processing is called CTC - crush, tear and curl. The tea, after partial drying, is crushed, torn and rolled into small pellets. By crushing the fermentation process gets fully started, when the green leaves gradually darken and get a typical color and full taste. After drying, the tea is then automatically sorted by particle size. The biggest ones are sold as the finest, fine dust to the cheapest tea bags.

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Fortunately, even in Kenya, they gradually learn to process tea in a more gentle way, preserving its distinctive taste and sell it at higher prices on the market. Some factories have been partially equipped for the so-called orthodox processing, which is still fully machine-operated, but the tickets are not crushed or torn. The fermentation process is initiated only by rolling them. The resulting product is then used only in top quality tea bags and loose tea.

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If the leaves are dried immediately after the roll-up, the fermentation does not take place at all, and so is the green tea traditionally known mainly from China, Japan and Vietnam. Farmers and processors get even more money for hand-made tea, where the whole leaves can be preserved. Whether it is so-called tip (mostly white) tea, where only the youngest tea leaves are used, or a very good green or black tea.

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But it all depends on demand, so if you want to support a farmer in Africa, you can do so by buying a well-made tea instead of cheap bags. Perhaps it will have a much greater effect over the long term than a one-time contribution to a development organization working in the region.

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Text, photos, and video: Matouš Vinš

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