STiR: Tanzania’s Tea Transformation

Kazi Yetu was recently featured in STiR, the world-renowned Tea and Coffee digital magazine.

"Tanzania’s tea industry once was dominated by large estates. But today smallholders are a major force, and the government is working to increase linkages, integration, and efficiencies among them. The national plan envisions grower-owned cooperatives and clusters of extension-service-trained smallholders supplying nearby factories to minimize the cost of production and improve quality. This will help ensure steady supplies for the regional tea auction and logistics hub that the government is establishing in Dar es Salaam...

Recent milestones include:

• Construction of a model factory in Korogwe supplied by the Sakare Coop and producing orthodox whole-leaf tea marketed by Kazi Yetu, a specialty tea company with a tea blending and export facility in Dar es Salaam."

Read full article here.

Written by Dan Bolton
January 10, 2024
Via stir-tea-coffee.com