Sri Lanka offers a favorable environment for producing high quality tea thereby ranking as one of the largest tea-producing countries in the world. Ceylon black tea is the country’s specialty and ...

In a refreshing first, a tea company has announced the release of what's described as the world's only microplastic-free cotton tea bags. Esah Tea, a direct-to-consumer brand in Assam, India, has ...

Tea is Bangladesh’s second-largest cash crop after jute, producing more than 60,000 tons (60 million crore kilograms) annually. To rid tea gardens of weeds, producers are using the harmful chemical ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When a thousand Americans were surveyed in 2015 on their ...

Leaf drooping increases leaf breakage during mechanical harvesting, lowering tea yield and quality. The study reveals that ...

Tea gardens run by organised players and small growers appear to have taken a divergent stand on the mandatory closure of tea production during the winter months as the industry grapples with lower ...

THE Tanzania Tea Board has met with the Brown Plantation Company to discuss measures to strengthen and increase productivity ...

Catechins are the heart of tea’s flavor and health-promoting properties, especially the galloylated types such as EGCG and ECG. Yet the genetic basis of their biosynthesis has remained elusive. This ...

There isn’t anything inherently bad about tea, but the current tea agriculture system faces a number of issues, from excessive pesticide use to deforestation to extremely inhumane working conditions.

Tea is one of the major cash crops grown in Kenya. A variety of teas including black tea, green tea, yellow tea, white tea, and purple tea are produced domestically. Apart from accounting for the ...