Autumn is here, which means that the teapots are going to get busy the rest of the year. But because of the unpredictable weather in East Africa, there is a real possibility of the shelves being empty ...

On a cold, rainy April day, John Mwaura, 63, walked his two-acre farm in Gakoe, a small town in central Kenya’s Gatundu North Constituency, to inspect his dew-covered tea bushes while his workers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: :: Nandi Hills, Kenya In the lush tea fields of the Sitoi Estate in Nandi Hills, Kenya, a quiet standoff with deep colonial ...

Tea plucking continued within Mt Kenya region after the farmers ignored the planned national strike and instead resolved to have their grievances addressed during the end-of-year meetings. Across the ...

NAIROBI: In a humming factory in Kenya’s highlands, tea is hand-plucked from the fields, cured and shredded into the fine leaves that have sated drinkers from London to Lahore for generations. But ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan small-scale tea farmers' earnings jumped 21 percent to 63.6 billion shillings ($602.84 million) in the year to June, thanks to a weaker currency and lower output, their ...

KERICHO, Kenya, Mar 27 2025 (IPS) - On the outskirts of Kericho town within Kenya’s Rift Valley region, Kaptepeswet tea farm, an organic tea estate sprawling on a 50-acre piece of land, is a testament ...