Top: Tea plantation in Mozambique, and tea pluckers in Kenya, a country with a relatively young but dependable industry. Above: Will, a Potterhanworth tea merchant, also worked with Lincolnshire based Lincoln Tea & Coffee to create the county’s own tea blend.
Left: During my visit Will took me on a private ‘tea tour’ with 13 different brews, designed to provide an insight into characteristics like varieties, low and high grown varieties, the differences between, for instance, several darjeeling varieties, and the differences that climate and weather can introduce.
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