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Tea was introduced into Kenya from India
by a European settler G.W.L.Caine in 1903, the country has
for the last 80 years cultivated tea commercially. Over the
years Kenya has grown into a formidable world tea producer.
Tea growing regions in Kenya are found in
the Great Rift Valley - In the East of Rift are the Aberdare
highlands, In the West the Nandi Hills, within the altitudes
of between 1500, to 2700, above sea level that tea is grown.
Kenya is known for the best quality black tea in the world.
This is because only the choicest of the upper two leaves
and a bud are hand-plucked, followed by skillful manufacture
under stringent conditions at source, to ensure maximum quality
and cuppage.
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