<h1>Lipton: The journey from the farmer</h1>

On the background of the photo are the Tea estates in kenyan highlands. Tea is one of the Kenya's major export. Its grown on the Kenya's highlands where climate is cool. Its usually planted on slopy lands.
his picture is taken in my village, Katheri where tea growing is a major source of income and most people work around these farms. Kenya production is almost exclusively CTC manufacture (cut, twist and curl). This type of manufacture produces strong-liquoring teas, which yield a high number of cups per kilo, when brewed both loose and in teabags. The bushes are harvested throughout the year, with the best quality being produced in January and February and again in July, during the drier periods of the year.
The major drawback in this area on tea farming is the infrastructure. The roads are impassable during the heavy rains and the farmers are to spend nights on the buying center waiting for truck.
My friend and I are coming up with a small project based on agricultural tourism where we can organise day trips to the farms and the factory. So if you have seen tea only in lipton form and you would like to follow the whole story from the farms to the cup, then I think next time you plan your trip think of Katheri farm visits.