Kenya the tea capital of Africa - About Kenya Tea
Tea in Kenya is divided into two categories.....
privately owned large plantations like Brooke Bond, African Highlands (formerly James Finlay)and Eastern Produce Limited. There are other individual factories run by agents like George Williamson e.t.c.
These privately owned plantations are known as the Kenya Tea Growers Association (KTGA). Their base is in Kericho. They control slightly over 40 percent of Kenya’s tea.
The second category is the small scale farmers who have formed a co-operative . The government builds factories for them. They control nearly sixty percent of Kenya’s tea.
They produce the highest grades of tea . Co-op tea is managed by the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA). They have a total of 45 factories. The Rift Valley, which cuts Kenya lengthwise, was created by a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. Now most of the large scale plantations are in the west of the Rift Valley.
Best KTDA teas grow in the Eastern region of the valley. Kenya enjoys two rain seasons, April/May (long Rains) and October/ November (Short Rains) March is the driest month and July the coldest. During these rainy seasons, the crop is very high and factories are usually unable to handle the volume. August/September are top quality tea seasons.
Most of the tea manufactured is taken to Mombassa, where it is auctioned on Mondays.
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