He worked his way into a tea-tasting apprenticeship in London for the world’s largest tea company, Brooke Bond, which included collectible wildlife cards with its teas. For four years he sampled and ...

Nairobi — Technological evolution usually has an impact, both positive and negative. This is no different for the Kenyan tea sector. It is true that tea harvesting machines are taking over jobs and ...

Sri Lanka’s Tea Board, fearing labor shortages, has initiated mechanized tea harvesting with no quality or production loss expected, E.A.J.K. Edirisinghe, Commissioner of the Tea Board said He said ...

A fresh row has erupted between tea multinationals and a workers’ union over the introduction of tea plucking machines, which could cost more than 50,000 workers their jobs. The Kenya Plantation and ...

Tea harvesting machines are now widely used after initial resistance when most farmers insisted on hiring casual labourers. Tea Machinery Company Limited (Temec) general manager Michael Cherutich said ...