Tea production in Kenya

The task of managing the small-scale holder lies with the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA).

Kenya's tea growing regions are endowed with ideal climate; tropical, volcanic red soils; well distributed rainfall ranging between 1200 mm to 1400mm per annum; long sunny days are some of the climatic features of the tea growing regions.

The majority of Kenya's tea-growing regions are found in the Kenyan Highlands, on both sides of the Great Rift Valley.

[5] Cultivation is split between two types of system – small rural farms, called smallholdings (or shambas) and large company-run plantations.

[5] Much of the tea grown in Kenya is processed using the crush, tear, curl method, making it suitable for use in blends popular in most black-tea markets, including India, Britain and North America.

[10][better source needed] Tea from Kenya and other African countries is sold through a now automated system public auction in Mombasa.

They are: In 2011 the TBK and Egerton University entered into a partnership to strengthen tea industry in Kenya.