Due to the rich soil found in this district and the remarkable success of tea growing other planters, including Luponde, moved in and gradually the number of plantations increased.
From the very beginning the Luponde Tea Estate proved that it was more than capable of producing extremely high quality teas and in recent years has earned a fair trade certification and has established an excellent track record of beneficial social and economic developments for its workers.
Recent developments have included the estate using some of its Fair Trade premiums to commission the construction of a Maize grinding mill.
Following the creation of the business and subsequent store openings the team have gone on to aid the Luponde Tea Estate and the surrounding areas through local environmental investment.
Projects include the planting of over 30,000 trees on disused areas which works towards balancing the company use of paper and gift wrapping card.