Darjeeling tea production hit by strike action
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Indian Tea Industry | 2 Comments »[caption id="attachment_1028" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Strikes could hamper tea production in Darjeeling"][/caption] Tea production in India’s Darjeeling hills could be cut by as much as 20% after new separatist protests by ethnic Nepalis in the West Bengal state broke out. Officials fear it ...
Tea plays its part in Rwandan mission to succeed
Monday, July 6th, 2009 Posted in Intl Tea Trade | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_1007" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="Any available land is used for cultivation purposes in Rwanda"][/caption] It was a country once thought of in terms of mass genocide. In 1994 more than one million people – largely Tutsis – were slaughtered in just 100 ...
African tea auction quantities fall
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Intl Tea Trade | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_998" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="The tea auction was held in Mombasa"][/caption] Two per cent less tea was offered at last week's Mombasa tea auction compared with this week last year. Africa Tea Brokers Limited said 7,419,006 kg were offered last week ...
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