Teas of Africa

With almost four hundred thousand acres under cultivation, East Africa produces quantities of black tea, chiefly for British tea bags and other anonymous uses, though much is consumed domestically also.  The crop has been grown since 1900 or so in Kenya and Malawi, the continent’s leading tea countries.  Kenya’s auctions in Mombasa now sell over two hundred thousand tons yearly for export, ranking the country with the world’s top suppliers.  Malawi’s auction center is Blantyre; her total product

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